Trafficked Children: Asylum Debate
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Baroness Hamwee
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Trafficked Children: Asylum
Baroness Hamwee Excerpts(6 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford
I can tell my noble friend that in 2016 1,278 children were referred to the NRM for consideration of whether they had been a victim of modern slavery, a 30% increase on 2015. We will be publishing figures for 2017 in March and, if available for disclosure, they will be provided.
Baroness Hamwee (LD)
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the longer the delay in reaching a decision in respect of a trafficked child, the greater the risk of that child going missing and being retrafficked?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
It is certainly the Government’s intention to make decisions as quickly as possible. I totally concur with the noble Baroness that if we have a vulnerable child in our care, we should make decisions about them as quickly as possible.