ECPAT UK

Unaccompanied children must be protected by the care system, not placed in hotels

A response to ECPAT UK's Outside the Frame report coordinated in partnership with Children England and signed by over 70 organisations and experts across the sector, calling for children in the UK to be protected and cared for safely and without discrimination. Read more
Creating Stable Futures: Human trafficking, participation and outcomes for children

This interim report summarises the main findings from a participatory research study based on the voices of young people who have experience of modern slavery, aiming to understand what positive outcomes for these young people would look like. The research was led by the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Bedfordshire’s Institute of Applied Social Research, in partnership with ECPAT UK. Read more
45 unaccompanied children went missing from the hotels in which they were unlawfully housed by the Home Office over 10-month period

New data obtained via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by ECPAT UK shows that 45 unaccompanied children in the UK went missing in between June 2021 and March 2022 after the Home Secretary placed them in Home Office led hotel accommodation. Read more
RMCC briefing on government plans to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium, a coalition of over 60 organisations (including ECPAT UK), has produced this briefing outlining how the government's plan to remove people seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda could impact children, and how to protect age-disputed young people from relocation under the scheme. Read more

Creating Stable Futures: Human trafficking, participation and outcomes for children

This interim report summarises the main findings from a participatory research study based on the voices of young people who have experience of modern slavery, aiming to understand what positive outcomes for these young people would look like. The research was led by the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Bedfordshire’s Institute of Applied Social Research, in partnership with ECPAT UK.

Outside the frame: Unaccompanied children denied care and protection

New data obtained via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request shows that 45 unaccompanied children in the UK went missing in between June 2021 and March 2022 after the Home Secretary unlawfully placed them in Home Office-led hotel accommodation.

Unaccompanied children must be protected by the care system, not placed in hotels

A response to ECPAT UK's Outside the Frame report coordinated in partnership with Children England and signed by over 70 organisations and experts across the sector, calling for children in the UK to be protected and cared for safely and without discrimination.

Harmful Nationality and Borders Act passes - April 29th 2022

Following a hard-fought battle to increase rights and protections in the legislation, the Nationality and Borders Act received Royal Assent this week. The Act will have a devastating impact for all trafficked children, and for migrant children who are at high risk of exploitation.