Anti-slavery commissioner says change in law needed so that victims are more likely to be allowed to stay in UK

• As the government’s anti-slavery chair, I see the Home Office failing – and victims suffering

Ministers are failing to protect people trafficked to Britain as modern slaves, the government’s own expert has said.

Sara Thornton, the UK’s independent anti-slavery commissioner, said the law needed changing so those established as victims of traffickers would be more likely to be granted protection and allowed to stay in the UK.

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.