There is disappointment that there have been few prosecutions and it remains difficult to be identified as a trafficked person. Continue reading ‘Criticisms of the UK System’
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It is important to familiarise yourself with indications that people have been trafficked.
- Blue Blindfold www.blueblindfold.co.uk/ is the international campaign of the UK Human Trafficking Centre. Find out how they describe the signs.
- Read about the indications of trafficking in an Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association presentation.
- A UKBA document also combats some prevalent myths and lists the indications.
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The Law Centre NI has published a leaflet that explains to trafficked people how the Centre can help them. Exploited, includes information in English, Albanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French, Lithuanian, Malaysian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Thai. This choice of languages reflects the countries of origin of people who have been trafficked here.
Help can be accessed via the helplines: Belfast (028) 9024 4401 and Derry (028) 7126 2433.
Wrong kind of victim? One year on: an analysis of UK measures to protect trafficked persons. Anti Trafficking Monitoring Group, Summary report, June 2010 www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2010/r/report_summary.pdf
Full report www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2010/a/1_atmg_report_for_web.pdf
Child Trafficking in the UK: A Snapshot www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/child_trafficking_in_the_uk_a_snapshot.pdf
The Nature and Extent of Human Trafficking in Northern Ireland: A Scoping Study NI Human Rights Commission, January 2010 www.nihrc.org/dms/data/NIHRC/attachments/dd/files/115/The_Nature_and_Extent_of_Human_Trafficking_in_Northern_Ireland_(January_2010)_ECNI_NIHRC.pdf
The 2012 Games and Human Trafficking: Identifying possible risks and relevant good practice from other cities. Jan 2010 http://lastradainternational.org/lsidocs/The2012GamesandHumanTrafficking.pdf
Information on trafficking in the Irish Republic www.gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Ireland.htm
CROP www.cropuk.org.uk/
The Poppy Project www.eaves4women.co.uk/POPPY_Project/POPPY_Project.php
Stop the Traffik www.stopthetraffik.org/
STOP UK www.stop-uk.org/
Amnesty www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10314
Christian Groups
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CHASTE (Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking Across Europe) www.chaste.org.uk/index.html
Beyond the Streets www.beyondthestreets.org.uk/index.php/about_us
The National Christian Alliance on Prostitution www.ncapuk.org/
Salvation Army (Combating Human Trafficking) www.salvationarmyusa.org/trafficking
Hope for Justice www.hopeforjustice.org.uk/
Ireland
CORI(NI) In April 2008 the Conference of the Religious in Ireland in the north, CORI(NI), co-hosted a seminar on the work of the Medaille Trust. Read the talks
APT (Act to Prevent Trafficking) Irish Republic www.aptireland.org/
Tirzah www.tirzah.ie/
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EMBRACE is a group of Christians working together to promote a positive response to people seeking asylum, refugees, migrant workers and minority ethnic people in Northern Ireland.
