1. Supporting victims of human trafficking: the context of trafficked people from the Western Balkans to the UK
Gayle Munro
May 2017

2. National Referral Mechanism (NRM) support context (& research)
Voluntary return context
Support needs
Return and repatriation
Structure

3. National Referral Mechanism context
45 days (minimum) support
2-stage decision process by a Competent Authority
Reasonable Grounds (5 days)
Conclusive Grounds (45 days)
National Referral Mechanism context

4. Research Support needs of male victims
Experiences of trafficking victims in asylum-seeker accommodation
Models of accommodation for victims
Areas of good practice in the move into independent living
Return and repatriation: mix of interviews and focus group
Research

5. Voluntary return context
Differences in understandings:
‘The third category of enforced removals is known as ‘voluntary departures’ which involve people against whom enforced removal has been initiated. (The term “voluntary” describes the method of departure rather than the choice of whether or not to depart.)’ (Migration Observatory, 2016)
Voluntary return context

6. Number of those supported (by top ten nationalities) (July 2015 – June 2016)
Nationality
Number supported
Number returned to country of origin
% of returnees of total supported
Albanian
295 3 1%
Nigerian
137 2
Polish 52
40%
Vietnamese
109 -
Romanian
106 39
37%
[British] 44
Eritrean 40
Chinese 37
Slovak 34 15
44%
Sudanese 33

7. Support needs 91% men and 71% of women were destitute
Main support requirements for men: accommodation, subsistence, employment, clothing
30% more women than men required counselling/ emotional support at initial assessment
36% men requested support finding employment (compared with 2% of women)
Support needs

8. Return and repatriation
Reported reasons around low take-up of return schemes
Partnering organisations (in country of origin)
Eligibility
Implications for the future
Return and repatriation

9. Email: g.munro@ucl.ac.uk Twitter: @gayle_munro