Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce this week that two six-month trials will see independent advocates seek to help trafficked children through providing them with support and promoting their interests.
Many trafficked children are forced into prostitution or crime by the gangs who smuggle them into the country. An estimated 60 per cent of trafficked children in local authority care subsequently disappear, with many believed to end up returning to prostitution or crime.
But Ecpat UK (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes), has warned that the advocates will be “toothless” to challenge any failing by social services or other agencies.
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