In less than two years, the Home Office detained almost 3,000 potential trafficking victims

The number of people referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) who were detained by the Home Office between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2020

*Trafficking indicator refers to anyone who has been referred as a suspected victim to the UK’s modern slavery framework (the National Referral Mechanism).
Source: Home Office, via FOI by After Exploitation and Women for Refugee Women
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