Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Policy and Guidance 

This section provides information on policy and guidance on trafficking  

• Home Office has produced statutory guidance on Modern Slavery (recent version released February 2024)
• Home Office has released a factsheet on the impact of the Illegal Migration Act on modern slavery victims. (recent version released July 2023)

• Department of Education (DfE) provides statutory guidance on caring for unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery. (recent version released November 2017).  

• Home Office has produced a guidance on the roles and responsibilities of Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs). You can also find referral forms in the guidance.  (recent version released May 2024)

• DfE and Home Office set out guidance on safeguarding children who may have experienced trafficking. (recent version released October 2011). They also provide statutory guidance on inter-agency working together to safeguard children. 

Resources 

You can find here different resources on the trafficking  

• Home Office provides an useful child exploitation disruption toolkit where you can find strategies to safeguard under 18s from sexual and criminal exploitation.  

• NSPCC has produced advice on child trafficking in a free guidance for professionals concerned that a child or young person has been trafficked. 

• ECPAT UK provides translated resources to inform children and young people from Vietnam at risk of exploitation.  

• NSPPC provides educational resources on the recognition, prevention and legislation relating to UASC who have been trafficked. 

• ECPAT UK and Barnardos provide support to young people with lived experience of trafficking. 

• Migration Yorkshire provides a list of solicitors available to support young people with their asylum claim

• The Children’s Society provides resources on identifying risk factors for child exploitation. Scroll down the page to insert your details for download.

Training   

• ECPAT UK provide paid training on child trafficking. 
• Barnardo’s ICTG Service offers free online awareness sessions on trafficking and modern slavery.
• The Children’s Society provides free online sessions on preventing child exploitation. Scroll down the page to book onto the sessions.