UK condemned for deporting survivors of trafficking back to Vietnam

[Nitro Fun]

https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...ack-to-vietnam

Christine Beddoe, an anti-trafficking expert, said that despite the government recognising Vietnam as a key source country for trafficking networks in the UK, many victims were still not being formally identified and given the support and assistance they are entitled to under UK law.

Beddoe singled out the policy of tasking immigration officials with making the ultimate decision on Vietnamese trafficking claims. “The general attitude around decision-making is to find any excuse possible not to find them a victim of trafficking,” she said.

Fiona Mactaggart, co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on human trafficking and modern-day slavery, said that while the government should be commended on passing the groundbreaking Modern Slavery Act 2015, the focus should now be on implementation.

“It is all very well for the prime minister to say that Britain has world-leading legislation on modern-day slavery. The problem is we’re not effectively implementing it,” she said. “The Home Office still sees trafficking as an issue of immigration … these are people who are being sold, they are slaves, but we just look the other way. The state is completely failing in basic human responsibility to these victims.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Our world-leading Modern Slavery Act puts a statutory duty on public authorities to notify the Home Office when they come across potential victims of modern slavery and people trafficking. The number of Vietnamese nationals in the UK identified as potential victims more than doubled last year – all of whom were provided with support while we determined whether they were victims.”

The government estimates there are up to 13,000 people trapped in modern slavery in the UK. According to the most recent NCA figures, 895 potential victims were reported into the government’s national referral mechanism to identify victims of trafficking between January and March this year.

Vietnamese made up the second largest nationality of those referred by authorities as potential victims of trafficking: Albanians were the biggest group. Many arrive with debts of up to £25,000 for their passage after being lured to the UK with promises of work. Once they arrive, they are trafficked into domestic servitude, forced labour and sexual exploitation in private homes, cannabis farms, nail bars and brothels.

[caervek]

Well if you're upset about it we can send them to the USA instead?

[Tackhisis]

It doesn't make any sense to allow them to stay, as it would increase the desire of criminals to smuggle more.

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It doesn't make any sense to allow them to stay, as it would increase the desire of criminals to smuggle more.

Well it wasn't so much allowing them to stay, it is more about ensuring that they are being send back in a proper way and protected in their own country, not just thrown on a plane and wipe your hands as if it is all done. OP left out the parts of the article that explains that often times they are sent back to their home country in such a way, and shortly after they are right back to the UK doing the same kind of work again.

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And what do you think the UK should do to ensure "they are protected in Vietnam"? Assign special agents as body guards? It's not the UK's fucking problem what happens to someone in Vietnam. You know how you guys rally about the west policing other nations and praise the values of multiculturalism? Stay consistent. The West can't always intervene in other nations and other cultures don't value human life and protections like the west. So accept that as part of their culture.

I didn't say it was the UKs problem what happened to people in Vietnam. It is a problem when those people are in the UK, are sent back to Vietnam without much backing and then just ends back up in the UK again being a problem.
As for assuring they are protected in Vietnam, some kind of joint operation with Vietnam would probably not be amiss.