Beaten. Raped. Threatened. Isolated. This is just a normal day for the vulnerable children and young people who are tricked into coming to the UK by traffickers. But would you know what to do if you believed a child was a victim?
Nushra Mansuri, professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers, says professionals can be fearful of things they don't know about. "We need to break child trafficking down within the context of safeguarding children," she says. Here CYP Now asks the experts for their tips on spotting if a child has been trafficked.
- What is child trafficking?
Lisa Nandy, chair of the Refugee Children's Consortium, defines child trafficking as the movement of children for the purposes of exploitation. "It is the exploitation that makes trafficking different to smuggling or migration," she explains.
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