Increasing Number of Albanian Children Trafficked to UK for Crime: Lawyer

Increasing Number of Albanian Children Trafficked to UK for Crime: Lawyer
A young girl is carried by a security officer as a group of migrants lands in Dover, Kent, June 7, 2022. Gareth Fuller/PA
Patricia Devlin
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A leading human rights lawyer has told the government how she is increasingly representing Albanian children trafficked into the UK for crime purposes.

Danny Bayraktarova told the Home Affairs Select Committee that Albanian teenagers make up a large proportion of her caseload with many being criminally exploited by “highly organised” international people-smuggling gangs.

Patricia Devlin
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Patricia is an award winning journalist based in Ireland. She specializes in investigations and giving victims of crime, abuse, and corruption a voice.
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