The claims come after Ecpat UK (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) published 10 principles this month for practitioners to follow when providing accommodation for suspected victims, in its report On the Safe Side.
As part of the research, members of the charity’s youth group described how social workers failed to believe their age or that they were in fact victims of trafficking as part of the exercise.
Debbie Beadle, Ecpat UK youth coordinator, said: "One young person was treated as an adult even though she said she was 15 and placed in National Asylum Support Service (NASS) accommodation with other adults. She had been exploited through domestic servitude.
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