A House of Lords/House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report calling for more to be done to tackle the problem of human trafficking for prostitution, described as \x93one of the most serious human rights issues in the modern world\x94.

The report also demands that the UK government signs up to the European Convention on Human Trafficking \x96 which it has so far refused to do on the grounds that it might encourage illegal immigration by allowing victims of trafficking to stay in the UK whilst they receive medical and psychological support.

The Home Office will \x93look carefully\x94 at the proposals.

Posted by Lynne Miles on 13 October 2006, at 9:46 AM