{"id":25548,"date":"2021-10-12T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/?p=25548"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:28:50","slug":"children-of-modern-slavery-victims-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/2021\/10\/12\/children-of-modern-slavery-victims-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Children of modern slavery victims in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"FREEDOM COLLABORATIVE, UK.<\/strong> A new study finds that children of modern slavery victims in the UK are rarely recognized or supported, the European Court of Human Rights rules in favor of forced labour victims in Azerbaijan, and a new report by INTERPOL looks at human trafficking for organ removal.<\/p>\n

There are at least 5,000 children of\u00a0modern slavery<\/a>\u00a0victims in the UK \u2013 with many more\u00a0potentially lost in the system \u2013 and\u00a0the majority\u00a0are not getting the support they need, according to a\u00a0new report by the crisis charity Hestia.<\/p>\n

The charity, which supports over 2,200 adult victims of modern slavery and 1,200 dependent children each year, says that children who were\u00a0with their parents while they were exploited, or born\u00a0as a result of\u00a0exploitation, are not\u00a0being\u00a0recognized\u00a0and often experience\u00a0profound trauma.<\/p>\n

In its report\u00a0Forgotten Children<\/a>, Hestia estimates that\u00a05,000\u00a0children are currently affected but warns\u00a0the actual figure could be much higher.\u00a0The research is based on the testimony of 20 women (and indirectly their 43 children) who had been victims of modern slavery and have been supported by Hestia\u2019s Phoenix Project, alongside interviews with their caseworkers, and professionals and experts working in this area.<\/p>\n

What is clear from the research is that, for those women and their children who manage to escape modern slavery, the journey to recovery is a long and difficult one. For children, a mother\u2019s trauma can have a deep and lasting impact on their lives. The research found that mothers who have survived trafficking face psychological consequences from the experience, and they need and deserve greater protection, support and care from the wider system. Where Hestia\u2019s staff were able to help secure this support \u2013 often only after assertive caseworker advocacy \u2013 the women and their children could begin to flourish.<\/p>\n

While there were some positive stories of support from health professionals and teachers, many women are simply left to get on with things by themselves, and there is little understanding or recognition of the impact their trauma has had on them and their children. At times, professionals are insensitive to the traumatized condition of women, even when their situation has been disclosed. For many, one of the biggest barriers to accessing and taking up support was having to repeatedly describe their trafficking history to different professionals, which reactivated their trauma.<\/p>\n

There was very limited support from professionals for the children included in the research, with relatively little specialist help provided for children by local authorities, health services or in the community. Four children had previously been identified as a Child in Need under the provisions of section 17 of the Children Act 1989, but these cases had all been closed and they were no longer receiving support. The education system also posed challenges for these children, and support and understanding varied amongst teachers and school support staff. While some mothers coped with these challenges and built strong relationships with their children\u2019s teachers, others struggled.<\/p>\n

The stories from female survivors included in the report highlight the urgent need for better understanding and support for families impacted by the trauma of modern slavery. Weaknesses in the current system need to be improved so that trafficked mothers are better protected and supported to recover fully, empowering them to make a better life for their children.<\/p>\n

Hestia is calling on the government to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and enable children of modern slavery victims to be recognized as victims\u00a0in their own right, alongside introducing a new\u00a0system of Children and Family Advocates to\u00a0focus on the needs of the child.\u00a0As well as recognizing children as victims in law, Hestia is calling for training for health professionals, teachers\u00a0and social workers, to improve their understanding of the ways in which modern slavery can impact a mother and child.<\/p>\n

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FREEDOM COLLABORATIVE, UK. A new study finds that children of modern slavery victims in the UK are rarely recognized or supported, the European Court of Human Rights rules in favor of forced labour victims in Azerbaijan, and a new report by INTERPOL looks at human trafficking for organ removal. There are at least 5,000 children …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[663,4816,3852],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25550,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25548\/revisions\/25550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agape.org.mx\/index\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}