U.K. trafficking victims on “cliff edge” as government cuts support during pandemic
Thousands of modern slavery victims in the United Kingdom have reportedly had their government support cut off during lockdown, leaving them desperate and at risk of re-exploitation. The Home Office, the U.K. interior ministry, provides those formally identified as victims of modern slavery through the government’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) with £65 per week for 45 days, at which point a new assessment of their needs is carried out. But while