The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2021] PTSR 1680
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (MD and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2021] EWHC 1370 (Admin)
2021 March 2, 3;May 24
Kerr J
Human rights— Human trafficking— Victim— Claimant single mothers recognised as asylum seekers and victims of trafficking— Claimants receiving asylum support but not entitled to financial support for child dependants available to non-asylum-seeking victims of trafficking on mainstream benefits— Whether difference in treatment unlawfully discriminatory— Whether Secretary of State’s policy irrational—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 4, 14, Pt II, art 1
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Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c 30), s 49(1)
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Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (2005) (Cm 7465)