Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 81
81
Deferred
Paragraph: 240
Inform victims of rights before National Referral Mechanism entry and guarantee free legal aid.
Conclusion
Victims should be properly informed of their rights and options before entering the National Referral Mechanism, and access to free legal aid should be guaranteed.
Government Response Summary
The government did not address the recommendation about properly informing victims of their rights and guaranteeing access to free legal aid. Instead, it discussed publishing NRM referral data and the difficulty of evidencing system misuse.
Paragraph Reference:
240
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
81. The Home Office regularly publishes a summary and breakdown of the number of potential victims of modern slavery referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) or via the Duty to Notify (DtN) process, including NRM referrals from Small Boats. Misuse of any system, by its very nature, is difficult to evidence. If we were able to evidence overt misuse, it would be filtered out of the system.