More than 4,000 potential victims of modern slavery were identified by the Home Office in the first three months of this year
Research by children's rights organisation Every Child Protected Against Trafficking UK suggested trafficked children continue to be one of the groups of looked-after children most at risk of going missing in the UK.
The charity echoed Mr Stokes's observation: the traffickers tell their victims what to say to the authorities. They also give them a phone number to contact once they arrive, with the aim of pulling the children out of the care system and back into modern slavery.Patricia Durr, chief executive of ECPAT, said children go missing for both "pull and push" reasons
"The choice for these kids is to either give themselves up and so they are taken back to Albania, or go missing. And they know they are likely to be re-trafficked," the charity worker said.A scruffy child unwilling to make eye contact.A woman who, on the rare occasions she is seen, scurries to the shops and hurries straight back.A house where the curtains are always closed.One girl we spoke to was taken from her parents in Nigeria aged 12.
"One elderly neighbour, I think she was concerned and she called the police. And then the police came they asked if I was OK. The government insists protecting vulnerable children "is one of the most important legal duties" for local authorities, which are responsible for all looked-after children in their area.
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