Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support people who arrive in the UK as a result of being trafficked to apply for asylum.

The Home Office is committed to identifying and safeguarding those who are exploited or vulnerable in the United Kingdom. All operational staff complete the required Home Office Modern Slavery First Responders training. This content was developed by the Home Office Modern Slavery Unit and is also used by a number of First Responder Organisations.

The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the process by which people who may have been victims of modern slavery are identified, referred, assessed and supported in the United Kingdom. The aim of the NRM is to be the bridge to recovery, providing victims with a short period of intensive support and specialist care and put people in a position where they can begin to rebuild their lives with increase resilience against future exploitation.