In the news
Following the tragic deaths of 27 migrants in the English Channel, Colin Carswell, ‘Human Trafficking, Migration & Organised Crime’ lecturer at St Mary’s University, spoke to Sky News, explaining how smuggling gangs operate, how they exploit people in the most vulnerable situations, and the challenges of investigating and stopping the gangs.
Dr Ruth Van Dyke recently appeared as a guest on a Cumberland Lodge podcast to reflect on key themes from the first session of our October 2021 conference, Practitioner Responses to Child Trafficking: Emerging Good Practice.
Dr Ruth van Dyke spoke to SWLondoner about her work relating to police competencies in tackling trafficking.
News of the relaunch of the Bakhita Centre was featured in the March edition of the London Higher newsletter.
Following the tragic death of 27 people in the Channel last week, Honorary Fellow at the Bakhita Centre, Dr Craig Barlow, spoke to Clare McDonnell on the BBC 5 Live Breakfast programme about the complexity of smuggling and trafficking of human beings and the organised criminal enterprises that ruthlessly exploit the most vulnerable.
Recent events
Improving the Response to Child Victims of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Forum
The recording offers frontline professionals the opportunity to access insights from the work of ECPATUK and the IASC on child trafficking in the UK in 2021, highlighting key elements of their snapshot report including policy developments, promising practice to safeguard and support children and recommendations for the future.
It also introduces professionals to the role paediatricians can play in addressing child MSHT, based on the guidance prepared by Dr Laura Wood and Dr Sarah Boutros for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Finally, it highlights the knowledge and skills professionals need in order to prevent, support and care for child victims of trafficking and modern slavery, with reference to the new Skills for Care and Development Child Training Framework.
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