More assurances are needed that victims of modern slavery will not be places at risk by government immigration plans, a Conservative Peer has said.

A commitment by the government to 12 months of guaranteed support to confirmed victims of modern slavery has been cautiously welcomed by CARE.

Lord McColl has introduced his Modern Slavery (Victims Support) Bill for its First Reading in the House of Lords.

The 2021 Annual Report on Modern Slavery looks at data from October 2020 to end of September 2021 and shows an increase in child trafficking victims

Immigration proposals currently making their way through Westminster would ‘effectively tear up the Modern Slavery Act’

CARE NI representatives gave evidence to the Justice Committee at Stormont on the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill