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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

More than 1,500 child trafficking victims in UK feared back with exploiters

Protesters gather under a placard that reads: 'Every child matters'
A demonstration in Brighton calling on the government to offer better protection to children seeking asylum in the UK. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

The children’s commissioner for England has warned that some child trafficking victims are not being adequately protected when referred to support services, after the Guardian learned that more than 1,500 victims identified for support are at risk of falling back into the hands of their traffickers.

Child trafficking victims include UK children forced into county lines drug dealing and Albanian children locked up and forced to cultivate cannabis plants.

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