The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the system created by the UK to identify and support victims of trafficking, including child victims of trafficking. There have been a number of issues in the past with the NRM, in particular with delays in decision making, the quality of decision making and whether it provides appropriate long-term support for victims. Following a review, there were a number of recommendations made to overhaul the NRM. Some, not all, of these changes have been made.
Victims are trafficked for a variety of reasons, including sexual exploitation, forced labour, domestic servitude, criminal activities and organ harvesting. They may have been trafficked from another country to the UK, or within the UK. More than 3,000 children were identified as potential victims in 2018, although the real number is likely higher. The child victim may be a British citizen, EU citizen or non-EU child. In the last two years, British citizen children have been the most commonly identified nationality of trafficking victims.
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