Barriers to Disclosure: A survivor of trafficking’s journey through the immigration process
New briefing summarises recent experiences of survivors of trafficking in immigration detention.
This briefing, published today, summarises the recent experience of members of the Detention Taskforce when supporting survivors of trafficking in immigration detention in the UK. The briefing comes at an urgent time due to the ongoing detention of trafficking survivors for removal under the UK-France agreement.
During recent years, members of the taskforce, including BID, have seen increased numbers of survivors of trafficking being detained.
The briefing highlights how people are not identified as potential victims of trafficking before detention or immediately on being detained and that these clients experience a number of barriers to disclosing their experiences at the earliest opportunity. However, when they do disclose, their disclosures have been criticised as being ‘late’ or ‘last minute’ and treated as less credible as a result. This shows a lack of understanding of the impact of trauma on those who have been victimised.
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