The Practitioner Responses to Child Trafficking: Emerging Good Practice conference hosted by Cumberland Lodge and the IASC offers an important opportunity and space for a wide range of voices to be heard. Key issues for discussion at the conference include:
• Concerns about the safeguarding response for child victims of
trafficking (including unsuitable accommodation, children going missing and not found)
• Challenges in the role that discrimination, racism and other
structural issues play in safeguarding responses to child trafficking
• The lack of awareness and training on the needs of trafficked children in the UK
• Inconsistent practice when supporting trafficked children – best practice advice not always being followed
• Gaps in the data on child trafficking • Lack of support for young people transitioning into adulthood – increased risks of being re-trafficked
• The future national rollout of ICTGs in England
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