Brexit and UK immigration policy ‘increasing risks to trafficking victims’

Damning report highlights greater risk of EU worker exploitation and vulnerability of undocumented migrants

A damning new report on trafficking in the UK has warned that Brexit and the Home Office’s new plan for immigration are increasing the risks to trafficking victims.

The report has also found links between terrorism and trafficking in cases involving families from the UK ending up with Islamic State in Syria and an increase in the recruitment of trafficking victims via social media.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/oct/20/brexit-and-uk-immigration-policy-increasing-risks-to-trafficking-victims

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