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The Partnership

Strategic Priority 1

Raise awareness

• f HTMS and its

effects

Local: District/Borough Councils, Police, Beacon, NHS Trusts, OPCC, Herts FRS, High Sheriff, St Albans Diocese National: ODLME, Office of the IASC, Welsh Government, UK Parliament and Lords, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association-UK, Home Office, Bulgarian Embassy, IOM, LGA Total Attendees: 75 Turnout: 91% Organisations Represented: 43 (50-50 local/national split)

HMSP CELEBRATION EVENT – 15/10/18

Strategic Priority 2

Increase Reporting of Suspected HTMS

Strategic Priority 3

Ensure Right Knowledge, Skills and Process

Strategic Priority 4

Support, Protect and Empower Victims

Strategic Priority 5

Pursue and Catch Criminals

Strategic Priority 6

Effective Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation

Challenges

• Many victims face destitution and homelessness after

being identified.

• Many victims are at a high risk of being exploited or

forced into prostitution to meet basic needs.

• Children victims are also more likely to go missing from

care and return to exploitation. In fact, at least 40% of victims will be re-trafficked.

Example

Option Possible Actions 1 The council agreed to provide accommodation and subsistence-level financial support. 2 The council refused to provide accommodation and subsistence-level financial support, but referred the woman onto services that can help her. 3 The council refused to provide accommodation and subsistence-level financial support, and closes the case with no signposting or support.

Example

Option Possible Actions Possible Outcomes 1 The council agreed to provide accommodation and subsistence-level financial support. The woman manages to begin to turn her life around and begin to look for work. 2 The council refused to provide accommodation and subsistence-level financial support, but referred the woman

• nto services that can help her.

The woman manages to find housing through the specialist service but cannot meet her most basic needs so is forced to re-engage in prostitution. 3 The council refused to provide accommodation and subsistence-level financial support, and closes the case with no signposting or support. The woman has no means of supporting herself or returning to her country of origin, no support network and faces destitution and

• homelessness. She is forced to reengage in

prostitution.

International Legal Obligations

• Articles 3 & 4 of the European Convention on

Human Rights

• Article 12 of the Convention against Trafficking
• Article 11 of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive

How do We Tackle HTMS

• Awareness and consistency
• Data recording and monitoring
• Responsibilities to adult victims
• Specialist knowledge
• Measures to tackle modern slavery in supply chains

Supply Chain Challenges in 2018

An estimated 24.9 million people were victims of forced labour in 2016 16 million people of those were in the private economy i.e. within

• rganisation supply chains

This means that they were being forced to work under threat or coercion on construction sites, in factories, on farms and fishing boats They were forced to work by private individuals and groups or by state authorities. In many cases, the products they made and the services they provided ended up in seemingly legitimate commercial channels.

International Labour Office Figures 2017

Commitment and Change

• Production of a compliant modern slavery statement
• Sign up to MS Charter
• Staff training
• Greater responsibility for victims
• A designated person/s to take responsibility for

exploitation

• An internal strategic lead for exploitation

Thank you & Questions