Recommendation 2

It is not clear whether ‘slavery or trafficking information notices’ will be served on all asylum applicants or only some. There is the potential for the effects of slavery or trafficking information notices to be discriminatory if they are only served on certain categories of person. This will especially be so if those categories of people are negatively impacted by their difficulty in meeting the deadlines imposed by the Home Office. There is the potential, therefore, for Article 14 ECHR (principle of non-discrimination), as read with Article 4 ECHR (prohibition on slavery), to be engaged by the application of clauses 57 and 58 in practice. We are concerned about the potential for discrimination in the application of this clause unless clear criteria are set as to how it will be applied and to whom.