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street prostitutes. West Sussex ran safe houses for the
children it had rescued for some years, but these were
closed in 2004 as the number of “trafficked” children
arriving at Gatwick dropped dramatically in response
to the work being done to counter trafficking there.
It has been estimated that the investment on which
a trafficker expects to see a return is at least £15,000
for each Nigerian girl, and this is the amount he will
expect her to make before he is prepared to release her
from prostitution (see Somerset, Ibid, Endnote 19).
30 Interview with Kate Phillips, Assistant Social Worker,
Child Asylum Team, West Sussex County Council.
Unfortunately these safe houses were subsequently
closed down.
31 “Trafficking for Sexual and Labour Exploitation.”
A conference organized by Garden Court Chambers
and supported by the ILPA.
32 Stop the traffic! End Child Exploitation. UNICEF UK,
2003.
33 “Trafficking Victim Tells of Torment.” BBC News.
30 July 2003.
34 Information provided by its team leader, Richard
Knight. 2004.
35 “‘Child Prostitutes’ Trafficked into UK.” BBC News.
16 May 2003.
36 Interview with Katherine Henderson, head of the
Immigration and Asylum Department of Browell
Smith in Newcastle. 2004.
37 At a meeting of the Steering Group of the Refugee
and Asylum Seeking Children’s Project based at the
Children’s Legal Centre at the University of Essex. 7
February 2006.
38 Home Office. Tackling Human Trafficking: Consultation
on Proposals for a UK Action Plan. January 2006.
39 Home Office. Trafficking of People: Crime Reduction
Toolkit. 2004.
40 Case history provided by UNICEF UK.
41 Example from U.K. Coordinator’s case load.
42 Such treatment was held to be a breach of Article 4
of the European Convention on Human Rights in
Silliadin v. France. Application No. 73316/01.
43 Interview with Clare Tudor, Immigration Advisory
Service, Glasgow. 2004.
44 Interview with Bill Davies, head of Asylum Support
Team at Manchester City Council. 2004.
45 Somerset, Carron. Cause for Concern: London Social
Services and Child Trafficking. ECPAT UK, March 2004.
46 Example from U.K. Coordinator’s case load.
47 Example from U.K. Coordinator’s case load.
48 Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 197.
49 Its members include the Home Office, the Immigration
Service, the National Criminal Intelligence Service,
the security and intelligence services, the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, and key police forces with
support from the Association of Chief Police Officers
(ACPO) and its Scottish equivalent ACPOS.
50 This became obvious during discussions at the conference
organized by Garden Court Chambers and
supported by ILPA on “Trafficking for Sexual and
Labour Exploitation” on 10 March 2006.
51 Statement of Good Practice, Third Edition. 2004. C2.
52 Ibid, Endnote 51, C4.
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