(Normanton, Pontefract and
Castleford) (Lab):...Consider what the Bill means for the young
Vietnamese woman who has been trafficked into sexual
exploitation, repeatedly raped and beaten by the criminal gangs
who brought her here and who control and dictate her life. Under
the Bill, if the police find her when they bust the brothel, she
will not be able to get modern slavery support any more: she will
not be able to go to a safe house or get help from
the Salvation
Army Instead, she will just be locked up in one of
the Home Office detention centres. If she co-operates with the
police for a bit, she might get some temporary support, but if
that police investigation is closed, her world comes crashing
down again. Here is what the Prime Minister tweeted about all of
that:
“If you come to the UK illegally…You can’t benefit from our
modern slavery protections…you will be…DENIED access to the UK’s
modern slavery system”...
(Kingston upon Hull North)
(Lab):...I have many concerns, particularly on the provisions
relating to unaccompanied children, children and families being
detained, and victims of trafficking and modern slavery.
The Salvation
Army stated in its briefing on the Bill that modern
slavery is not an immigration issue; it is a safeguarding issue.
The men, women and children trafficked against their will to the
UK and enslaved should not be punished for being victims, but
that is what the Bill will do...
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