She said the bill will "enable more slave-drivers to operate and make money out of human misery". She said there would be no consideration of helping the victim get their life back, nor catching the perpetrators, adding: "This bill ties the hands of the police and it undoes the good work of the Modern Slavery Act." We do care that you've been here illegally even though you probably didn't know it, so we're going to detain you and send you home, even if it's into the arms of the very people who trafficked you here in the first place, or we want to send you to Rwanda'."
She said: "The government's response would be: 'we don't care that you've been in slavery in the UK, we don't care that you've been in a living hell, we don't care that you have been a victim of crime. Mrs May said that under the legislation, someone illegally trafficked into sexual exploitation in the UK will receive "no support" if and when they are able to escape. She said the government is conflating illegal migration and modern slavery, which she separated in law during her period as home secretary. "Not stop false claims of modern slavery - stop all claims of modern slavery, full stop, and that is where I depart from the government." Mrs May said the bill is marketed as a "stop the boats bill", and said we all want to stop unsafe Channel crossings.īut she said: "This bill is not just written to stop the boats - it covers all illegal migration in unwritten subtext is the 'stop certain victims of modern slavery' bill. She urged the government to drop its objection to Lords amendment 56, that would disapply the provisions of the bill to victims of modern slavery in the UK.
Former prime minister and home secretary Theresa May has spoken out forcefully against a provision of the bill that would limit the ability of those who arrived in the UK illegally as victims of modern slavery to get help from the authorities.
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