The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 300
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 found to be victims of sex trafficking— Claimants also recognised as asylum-seeking refugees— Claimants therefore receiving asylum support not mainstream benefits— Claimants not receiving financial support under Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract in respect of dependent children whereas such financial support available to non-asylum-seeking victims of trafficking on mainstream benefits— Whether difference in treatment of asylum-seeking trafficking victims unlawfully discriminatory— Whether result of irrational policy—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 4, Pt II, art 1
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Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (2005)
(Cm 7465)