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MP supports Parliamentary efforts to combat human trafficking
Mike Hancock, MP (Lib Dem - Portsmouth South) this week visited a major exhibition in Parliament on human trafficking.
The exhibition, organised by Anthony Steen MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking of Women and Children, depicted the reality of modern slavery in the UK and included a reproduction of a typical kitchen and a bedroom where trafficked victims face domestic slavery and sexual exploitation. The exhibition also included a film explaining how child trafficking takes place in the UK and told the stories of children who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation, forced labour and forced criminal activities.
Anthony Steen MP organised the exhibition in partnership with a number of anti-trafficking groups including ECPAT UK, Kalayaan, the Poppy Project and Anti-Slavery International as well as the Metropolitan Police. The Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon William Hague MP, opened the exhibition on 22 February.
Mike Hancock MP said: "I was very impressed by the exhibition and am heartened to hear about the excellent work that organisations such as ECPAT UK are doing to tackle human trafficking. This appalling form of modern-day slavery and exploitation must be stamped out and I am pleased to be able to support such efforts."
Christine Beddoe, Director of ECPAT UK, who acts as an advisor to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking of Women and Children said, "ECPAT UK was delighted to be involved with the exhibition which created an excellent opportunity for MPs and members of the House of Lords to learn more about human trafficking in the UK and to discuss how Parliament, working together with the police and NGOs, can combat this dreadful trade."
Notes: ECPAT UK (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) is a leading UK children's rights organisation. ECPAT UK works with the highest levels of government but also reaches out to practitioners and those working directly with children through research, training and capacity building.
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