http://www.indcatholicnews.com/ppltrf126.html
" "Amnesty welcomes the police crackdown on traffickers and their vicious trade in women who are held prisoner and forced to work as prostitutes.
"But we need to know now what protection the women reportedly rescued from these properties are receiving. The fact is, currently, trafficked women have no guaranteed protection in the UK. The law sees them simply as illegal immigrants and British people would be appalled to know that many of them are deported to countries where they could be at serious risk of being re-trafficked. Victims of trafficking have had all of their very basic human rights violated we must turn the system around so that they are recognised as the victims and not the perpetrators of crime. The UK government must sign up to the new European Convention Against Trafficking.
"The European Convention Against Trafficking guarantees emergency housing and medical care for victims and gives them a month to recover from the trauma and make some decisions about what they need to do next."
