While the strategy includes supporting projects in countries of originto raise awareness among groups vulnerable to recruitment bytraffickers, Debbie Ariyo, director of the campaigning group AfricansAgainst Child Abuse, said: "People will always want to have a betterlife for their children and are willing to take the risk. There'snothing about this in the document.
"We need to work closely with communities here affected by trafficking.These children stay in communities and are used as domestic servants bytheir own people. A lot of people say there is nothing wrong withthat."
She added: "We need to sensitise people and turn communities into policeofficers."
Hannah Miller, the Association of Directors of Social Services' lead onchild trafficking, also criticised the strategy. "There's a lot ofemphasis on trafficking and its links with prostitution," she said. "Buta lot of people are desperate for their children to have a better lifeand are willing to pay.
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