Mr Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Frank Field on 2014-03-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women who are victims of human trafficking are nationals of non-EEA countries have received return and reintegration assistance through the Assisted Voluntary Returns for Irregular Migrants programme since April 2011; and how much was so made available to those trafficked from (i) inside and (ii) outside the EU.

Karen Bradley

16 victims of trafficking (1 male, 15 female) have received financial
assistance under the programme since April 2011.

While the Assisted Voluntary Return for Irregular Migrants (AVRIM) programme
does not normally include financial assistance, a discretionary sum of up to
£1000 is provided for specified vulnerable cases, and this includes victims of
trafficking. Assisted Voluntary Return is only available to non-EEA nationals
and the support is not dependent upon whether the individual has arrived from
inside or outside the EU.

The figures provided are sourced from a Home Office management information
system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols and is
subject to change due to internal data quality checking. Figures provided from
this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated
as provisional.