http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/reports/article4863830.ece

Here is an interesting legal case that is going through the UK courts at present where victims of trafficking can still be charged with immigration offences if proof cant be produced that they were brought tot he UK under duress? If this is the case, this is a piece of legislation that must be changed. How can the courts expect genuinely trafficked victims to produce evidence if that evidence involves turning in their traffickers?

The traffickers may no longer be around if it was a "one off" transaction. If they are around, for example, in the case of pimps, how can the young girls be expected to hand over details of their bosses without a proper system of assistance and protection?

To prosecute genuine victims of trafficking for immigration offences is like the case recently in the UK where a woman tried to stop a bicycle thief and was charged with assault. The easy target syndrome.

Are there any lawyers out there who can throw some clearer light on this area? (the immigration issue, not the bike thief!!)

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