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Just how badly does the UK protect victims of trafficking?

The government claims its Modern Slavery Bill, that passed into law today, is proof that it cares about victims. So why are anti-trafficking processes letting victims down?

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Anti Slavery Day, October 2012, London (Flickr)

One day last September a 16 year old girl arrived at Heathrow airport accompanied by a British woman. The girl was travelling on a United States passport but she’d left there when she was two and was now living in an African country. 

Suspicious of the relationship between the pair, Border staff detained the child and let the woman continue on her travels.