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Understanding Recent National Referral Mechanism Data for Child Victims of Trafficking
What is the NRM? The National Referral Mechanism, or NRM is the identification and support mechanism for trafficking, exploitation and...
Phil Spencer
May 31, 20237 min read


Unaccompanied children's needs: the difference in priorities of practitioners and young people.
What do unaccompanied, separated and trafficked migrant children need to resettle in their host country and to recover from their...
Phil Spencer
May 5, 20236 min read


A focus on practice: Accompanying unaccompanied young people
I'm speaking to Sami* on the phone. It's a Saturday and although I don't work on Saturdays, I'm checking in with him. The reason why is...
Phil Spencer
Mar 22, 20234 min read


Another deadly winter for refugees in Europe- how can we protect children in migration?
More deaths in the English channel between France and the UK, 18 Afghan refugees found dead in an abandoned lorry in Bulgaria last month...
Phil Spencer
Mar 4, 20234 min read


What is the essence of child trafficking that exists today just as it did a century ago?
Historian Dr Julia Laite’s book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey tells a history of trafficking in the 19th and early 20th century...
Phil Spencer
Feb 23, 20237 min read
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