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Modern slavery experts have blamed the government’s controversial new borders law for a sharp drop in the number of potential victims being offered protection. Just 58% of initial decisions by the ...

ANTI-MODERN slavery campaigners demanded today the government “urgently address barriers” blocking potential victims from accessing support as national referrals reach record high. New data showed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the system reached a record level last year, with referrals for ...

The number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the system reached a record level last year, with referrals for women and children both at all-time highs. Some 17,004 potential victims ...

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