Mrs May said she has 'not seen evidence' to support claims from ministers that the Modern Slavery Act is being abused by people seeking to stay UK
, denying support to those who have been exploited and enslaved, and in doing so making it much harder to catch and stop the traffickers and slave drivers.”
She added: “Let’s say she manages to escape and meet some people willing to help, she’s taken to the police, but the Government says ‘you came here illegally, we are deporting you to Rwanda’. The traffickers fear she’s looking to escape, take her to one side and explain it’s no good doing that because all they’ll do is send you to Rwanda.
“Now, the Government might say that it’ll be okay if the woman actually helps with an investigation because there is that caveat in the Bill, but that seriously misunderstands slavery and the impact of the trauma of slavery on the victims.”, who said the Conservative Party had “spent the past five or six years completely destroying our relationships with our European neighbours”.
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