The UK government will soon introduce measures as part of a European convention to provide better protection and support to the victims of human trafficking from India and other countries.
The Council of Europe's Convention Against Trafficking in Human Beings creates minimum legal rights for victims and improves methods used to catch and prosecute traffickers.
The UK ratified the convention in December 2008 and its requirements are now coming into force.
Each year an increasing number of people, the majority of them women and children and from the Indian sub-continent, are lured or kidnapped by traffickers to be used in the sex trade or as forced labour.
The government has been working hard in recent years to arrest the traffickers and find and free the victims.
Some key elements the convention contains are: new national guidelines to help frontline staff identify and help victims of trafficking, 4 million pounds over two years to improve victim support and housing, creating a 45-day recovery period for victims of trafficking and the possibility of a one-year renewable residence permit.
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