In the UK a recently released study showed that 55% of children in the United Kingdom, who have been identified as persons victimized by human trafficking and subsequently rescued will eventually become missing persons. The main reason for the high percentage rate of missing child survivors is due in direct relation to a lack of a guardian or adequate guardian for such children.
In the UK a recently released study showed that 55% of children in the United Kingdom, who have been identified as persons victimized by human trafficking and subsequently rescued will eventually become missing persons. The main reason for the high percentage rate of missing child survivors is due in direct relation to a lack of a guardian or adequate guardian for such children.
A recent opinion poll in the UK showed, 44% of British adults believe that the government is unacceptably handling the victims of child trafficking. The poll also found that 86% of adults in the country believe the British government must establish a system of guardianship to ensure that every identified child victim is designated to have a person who has parental responsibility over that child. (Guardian) A recent opinion poll in the UK showed, 44% of British adults believe that the government is unacceptably handling the victims of child trafficking. The poll also found that 86% of adults in the country believe the British government must establish a system of guardianship to ensure that every identified child victim is designated to have a person who has parental responsibility over that child. (Guardian)
Much of the current spotlight and uproar is in response to the revaluation that a government-run home had quite literally lost 77 children, only 4 of which have been located, in a matter of three years (Guardian). The investigation led authorities to expose a criminal network exploiting children in the sex and drug trades across the country. Much of the current spotlight and uproar is in response to the revaluation that a government-run home had quite literally lost 77 children, only 4 of which have been located, in a matter of three years (Guardian). The investigation led authorities to expose a criminal network exploiting children in the sex and drug trades across the country. The Home Office’s Centre for Exploitation and Online Protection reviewed several local authorities who serve trafficked children and found that over half the kids who are brought in slip through some rather gaping cracks.
There are a number of reasons child trafficking victims get lost: they are re-trafficked by the agency or someone else, they run away out of fear of the trafficker, they are deported, or they run back to the trafficker, especially in cases where the trafficker was a boyfriend first. The Home Office’s Centre for Exploitation and Online Protection reviewed several local authorities who serve trafficked children and found that over half the kids who are brought in slip through some rather gaping cracks.
There are a number of reasons child trafficking victims get lost: they are re-trafficked by the agency or someone else, they run away out of fear of the trafficker, they are deported, or they run back to the trafficker, especially in cases where the trafficker was a boyfriend first. The situation has caused ECPAT UK, a leading anti-trafficking organization, to team with the Body Shop, for the creation of a petition, which asks the government to increase the countries guardianship guidelines and develop more comprehensive services for child survivors of human trafficking.
