Asylum: Human Trafficking

(asked on 20th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who are also victims of trafficking were witnesses or accused in criminal proceedings in each year from 2010 to 2015.


Answered by
Sarah Newton Portrait
Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 28th October 2016

The Home Office does not systemically record whether asylum seekers who are also victims of trafficking have involvement in criminal proceedings. Data on involvement of witnesses, defendants and offenders in criminal proceedings is a matter for the Ministry of Justice.

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