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  • Nationality & Borders Bill House of Lords Report Stage Briefing Part 5: protecting child victims of trafficking

    Nationality & Borders Bill House of Lords Report Stage Briefing Part 5: protecting child victims of trafficking

    Part 5 of the Nationality and Borders Bill will affect all child victims of trafficking, and will be detrimental to unaccompanied children at significant risk of exploitation. This briefing supports a number of changes to the Bill, including an amendment which would exempt victims of modern slavery, exploitation or trafficking from many of the provisions in Part 5 if they were under 18 when they became a victim, and would ensure the best interests of children in all decisions about them. Read more

  • Nationality and Borders Bill: immigration outcomes for child victims of trafficking

    Nationality and Borders Bill: immigration outcomes for child victims of trafficking

    The Nationality and Borders Bill includes damaging proposals which will impact all child victims of trafficking, including those subject to immigration control. This briefing focuses on concerns about immigration decision-making for child victims of trafficking and modern slavery in the context of the proposals to legislate, for the first time, the specific entitlement to immigration leave for confirmed victims of modern slavery – perhaps the only measure that has a place in this Bill. Read more

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Joint Briefing: draft Slavery and Human Trafficking (Definition of Victim) Regulations

Joint Briefing: draft Slavery and Human Trafficking (Definition of Victim) Regulations

The government’s new draft Slavery and Human Trafficking (Definition of Victim) Regulations narrow the definition of a victim of trafficking and modern slavery, reducing the chances that victims will be identified. They were introduced without consulting anti-trafficking organisations and they could have far-reaching and damaging consequences for victims of trafficking and modern slavery. This new joint briefing presents our concerns about the regulations and recommendations to improve them. Read more

Published: 30th June, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

RMCC briefing on government plans to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda

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

Published: 10th June, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

Nationality and Borders Bill Part 5, child victims: Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendment

Nationality and Borders Bill Part 5, child victims: Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendment

Part 5 of the Bill seeks to reform modern slavery legislation, and will impact severely on children who are at risk and vulnerable to exploitation. This joint briefing provides detail on the contents of and need for Lords Amendment 27, which seeks to exempt child victims from the most damaging provisions in this part of the Bill and to ensure that all decisions are made in their best interests. Read more

Published: 30th March, 2022

Updated: 13th April, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

Nationality and Borders Bill: Part 5, child victims - Consideration of Lords Amendments

Nationality and Borders Bill: Part 5, child victims - Consideration of Lords Amendments

Part 5 of the Nationality and Borders Bill seeks to reform modern slavery legislation, and will impact severely on children who are at risk and vulnerable to exploitation. This briefing looks at Amendment 27, which seeks to exempt child victims from the most damaging provisions in this part of the Bill and to ensure that all decisions are made in their best interests. Read more

Published: 17th March, 2022

Updated: 30th March, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

Nationality & Borders Bill House of Lords Report Stage Briefing Part 5: protecting child victims of trafficking

Nationality & Borders Bill House of Lords Report Stage Briefing Part 5: protecting child victims of trafficking

Part 5 of the Nationality and Borders Bill will affect all child victims of trafficking, and will be detrimental to unaccompanied children at significant risk of exploitation. This briefing supports a number of changes to the Bill, including an amendment which would exempt victims of modern slavery, exploitation or trafficking from many of the provisions in Part 5 if they were under 18 when they became a victim, and would ensure the best interests of children in all decisions about them. Read more

Published: 4th March, 2022

Updated: 17th March, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

Nationality and Borders Bill: immigration outcomes for child victims of trafficking

Nationality and Borders Bill: immigration outcomes for child victims of trafficking

The Nationality and Borders Bill includes damaging proposals which will impact all child victims of trafficking, including those subject to immigration control. This briefing focuses on concerns about immigration decision-making for child victims of trafficking and modern slavery in the context of the proposals to legislate, for the first time, the specific entitlement to immigration leave for confirmed victims of modern slavery – perhaps the only measure that has a place in this Bill. Read more

Published: 17th February, 2022

Updated: 4th March, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

Nationality and Borders Bill: House of Lords Committee Stage Briefing

Nationality and Borders Bill: House of Lords Committee Stage Briefing

The Nationality and Borders Bill began its Committee Stage Reading in the House of Lords on 27th January 2022. This briefing addresses Part 5 of the Bill, which contains no protections or differential provisions for child victims, setting out our concerns about the ways in which Part 5 will impact children and young people, and supporting amendments for mitigating its worst effects. Read more

Published: 8th February, 2022

Updated: 17th February, 2022

Author: Pandora Haydon

Nationality and Borders Bill: House of Lords Second Reading Briefing

Nationality and Borders Bill: House of Lords Second Reading Briefing

The Nationality and Borders Bill has its Second Reading in the House of Lords on 5th January 2022. The Bill includes far reaching reforms to modern slavery legislation; extensively changing the system for identifying, protecting and supporting victims of trafficking. This briefing sets out our concerns about the impact on children and young people and the lack of consideration of their needs and rights. Read more

Published: 5th January, 2022

Updated: 17th February, 2022

Author: Patricia Durr

Nationality and Borders Bill: Commons Report Stage Briefing

Nationality and Borders Bill: Commons Report Stage Briefing

The government's Nationality and Borders Bill includes measures that will impact all child victims of trafficking in the UK as well as all children and young people subject to immigration control. The Bill reaches Report Stage in the House of Commons on 7th and 8th December 2021.  MPs will consider the Bill as amended in Committee and a range of further amendments. The Bill includes far reaching reforms to modern slavery legislation the system with no protection for child victims. Read more

Published: 4th December, 2021

Updated: 17th February, 2022

Author: Patricia Durr

Nationality and Borders Bill: Second Reading Briefing

Nationality and Borders Bill: Second Reading Briefing

The government's Nationality and Borders Bill includes measures that will impact all child victims of trafficking in the UK as well as all children and young people subject to immigration control. The bill reforms modern slavery legislation; extensively changing the system for identifying, protecting and supporting victims of trafficking. In this briefing, we analyse measures in the bill and set out our concerns about how they will affect all at risk children and child victims of trafficking. Read more

Published: 16th July, 2021

Updated: 10th December, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

New Plan for Immigration: Immigration outcomes for child victims of trafficking

New Plan for Immigration: Immigration outcomes for child victims of trafficking

The government's New Plan for lmmigration includes proposals for reforms that will impact all child victims of trafficking in the UK and all children subject to immigration control. The proposals include reform of modern slavery legislation alongside wider asylum proposals. In this briefing, we set out our concerns about a range of measures in the Bill. Read more

Published: 25th May, 2021

Updated: 10th December, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Cross-border safeguarding arrangements in the event of a no deal Brexit

Cross-border safeguarding arrangements in the event of a no deal Brexit

In this joint parliamentary briefing with charities from across the children's sector, we highlight how leaving the European Union without a deal could affect the UK's ability to safeguard children Read more

Published: 31st October, 2019

Updated: 21st May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

How better cross-border cooperation will prevent trafficking of children in migration

How better cross-border cooperation will prevent trafficking of children in migration

The protection of children in migration is dependent on effective multi-agency and cross-border approaches where the best interests of the child are always the primary consideration in all actions taken. Download our briefing on how better cross-border cooperation will prevent trafficking of children in migration. Read more

Published: 22nd October, 2019

Updated: 21st May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Making Brexit work for children

Making Brexit work for children

Download the discussion paper produced jointly by ECPAT UK and organisations across the children's sector, exploring the specific implications of Brexit on children and young people. Read more

Published: 14th November, 2017

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

ATMG briefing on Brexit and modern slavery in the UK

ATMG briefing on Brexit and modern slavery in the UK

Read the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group's briefing paper on Brexit and the UK's fight against modern slavery Read more

Published: 1st July, 2017

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Global Forum of Survivors of Childhood Sexual Exploitation: Information Paper 1

Global Forum of Survivors of Childhood Sexual Exploitation: Information Paper 1

In partnership with the Council of Europe, ECPAT International's Global Forum for adult survivors of childhood sexual exploitation is an opportunity for survivors from around the world to shape political and other important agenda by making recommendations to governments and other decision-makers. Read more

Published: 1st August, 2016

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Refugee crisis in Europe and the rights of children

Refugee crisis in Europe and the rights of children

ECPAT UK and its global partners issue a statement on child protection in the context of the current refugee crisis in Europe. Read more

Published: 20th October, 2015

Updated: 21st November, 2017

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Developments in the UK's response to child trafficking and child sexual exploitation

Developments in the UK's response to child trafficking and child sexual exploitation

This expert paper presents a brief overview of the scale of child sexual exploitation and child trafficking in the UK, a description of existing and new national responses to child protection, and an analysis of the international ramifications of domestic measures to prevent the sexual exploitation of children abroad by British nationals. Read more

Published: 24th April, 2015

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

As part of its campaign against sexual exploitation and abuse of children in travel and tourism by British travelling sex offenders, ECPAT UK is calling on the UK Government to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention). Read more

Published: 1st January, 2015

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Trafficked children and missing

Trafficked children and missing

ECPAT UK and Missing People's information sheet highlights the increased risk of child victims of trafficking to go missing from care, where they are highly likely to return to exploitation. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2014

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Online child exploitation

Online child exploitation

A transnational collaborative investigation by UK, US and Australian authorities has revealed the extent of the involvement of UK nationals, among others, in the sexual abuse of young children in the Philippines via web link. This briefing covers the issue of online child exploitation including transnational abuse by British citizens. Read more

Published: 1st February, 2014

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Guardianship for child victims of trafficking

Guardianship for child victims of trafficking

As part of its Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People campaign in collaboration with The Body Shop UK to protect child victims of trafficking, ECPAT UK is calling for a system of guardianship for child victims of trafficking. Read more

Published: 1st February, 2013

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

ATMG Briefing - An Independent Anti-Trafficking Commissioner

ATMG Briefing - An Independent Anti-Trafficking Commissioner

As part of its Three Small Steps campaign to protect child victims of trafficking, ECPAT UK is calling for the appointment of an independent Anti-Trafficking Commissioner, the equivalent of a National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking. Read more

Published: 1st January, 2013

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

RACE Project Briefing - Trafficking for Forced Labour in Cannabis Cultivation

RACE Project Briefing - Trafficking for Forced Labour in Cannabis Cultivation

This briefing outlines the issue of children and adults being trafficked across Europe for forced labour in cannabis factories who are frequently criminalised rather than provided with the support they are entitled to as trafficking victims. Read more

Published: 1st January, 2013

Updated: 20th May, 2021

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

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  • Joint letter to ‘The Times’ on the UK Online Safety Bill

    Joint letter to ‘The Times’ on the UK Online Safety Bill

    ECPAT UK has joined five other organisations in writing to The Times about the Online Safety Bill’s delay, and how the bill “would have placed robust requirements on tech companies to minimise the risk of harm to children.”

  • Child victims of trafficking share their views and experiences in new research

    Child victims of trafficking share their views and experiences in new research

    Young victims of modern slavery have shared their experiences following identification of human trafficking through the UK immigration and social care systems in a new interim report published today (ahead of final findings which will be published later this year).

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

    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.

  • ECPAT UK response: Sir Mo Farah shares his experience of child trafficking and exploitation

    ECPAT UK response: Sir Mo Farah shares his experience of child trafficking and exploitation

    Today Sir Mo Farah shared his experience of child trafficking and exploitation. Here ECPAT UK provides information about child trafficking globally and in the UK, and highlights what we can learn from Sir Mo's story in order to better identify and protect child victims of trafficking and exploitation in future.

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  • Child trafficking statistics

    Child trafficking statistics

    The latest data on the number of victims of trafficking in the UK and worldwide.

  • The Secret Gardeners: New film on child trafficking from Vietnam

    The Secret Gardeners: New film on child trafficking from Vietnam

    The Secret Gardeners aims to inform professionals about the plight of children who are forced by organised crime gangs to grow drugs in houses across the UK but who often face criminalisation and prison.

  • National Referral Mechanism

    National Referral Mechanism

    The National Referral Mechanism is a process set up by the Government to identify and support victims of trafficking in the UK. It was born out of the Government's obligation to identify victims under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Human Trafficking, which came into force on 1 February 2008.

  • What is child trafficking?

  • Volunteer

    Volunteer

    ECPAT UK relies on committed volunteers to support the work that we do. Without their help, we would not be able to campaign as effectively against child exploitation.

  • Our team

    Our team

    ECPAT UK's team has more than 30 years' experience working on issues of child trafficking, child protection, child sexual exploitation, unaccompanied children, modern slavery and more.

  • Urgent action needed: Independent guardianship for all trafficked, unaccompanied and separated children

    Urgent action needed: Independent guardianship for all trafficked, unaccompanied and separated children

    Last October, an incredible 120,535 supporters called for specialist support for all trafficked children. However, the fight is not finished. Make sure your voice is heard by contacting the Home Secretary asking him to provide guardianship for all trafficked, separated and unaccompanied children

  • Demand specialist support for trafficked children

    Demand specialist support for trafficked children

    In 2018 we worked with Care2 to call on the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP, to overhaul the current system of identification and support for victims of trafficking – the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).

  • Before the Harm is Done: Examining the UK's response to the prevention of trafficking

    Before the Harm is Done: Examining the UK's response to the prevention of trafficking

    The UK Government is failing to protect thousands of children from exploitation by lacking a plan to prevent child trafficking, according to a new report by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), a coalition of twelve UK-based charities, including ECPAT UK. The report Before the Harm is Done, stresses that the UK has no specific strategy in relation to preventing trafficking in children, putting thousands of children at risk.

  • Heading back to harm: A study on trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK

    Heading back to harm: A study on trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK

    Trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing from UK care at an “alarmingly high” rate, according to a new study by leading charities ECPAT UK and Missing People.

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If you have an immediate concern about a child's welfare, please contact your local council's social care department, who are available 24 hours a day. You can find their contact details on the Directgov website or in the phone book.

You can also contact the Modern Slavery Helpline on 0800 0121 700 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

If your concern is urgent, please call the police in your area or 999.

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