ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL

Government must ensure protection and assistance for women and girls trafficked into the UK's sex trade.

A coalition of NGOs, UNICEF UK, Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International, are calling on the UK Government to provide adequate protection and assistance for the victims of this vicious international trade and to lobby to ensure that the new European Convention on Trafficking guarantees adequate protection to women and girls across Europe.

Trafficking for sexual exploitation into the UK has increased over the last few years. Home Office research estimated that up to 1,420 women were trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation in 2000 and more recent research has found that trafficked women, from countries including Moldova, Romania, Albania, Thailand and Nigeria have been forced to work as prostitutes in every London borough. According to ECPAT UK research this year, social services in 32 out of 33 London Boroughs are currently concerned over trafficked children within their care.

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