Claim: The biggest increase in the number of people accessing the modern slavery referral system in the last 10 years has been from the huge increase in British adults and children trafficked for sex and crime within Britain.
Fact-check: Are UK nationals a minority in the modern slavery statistics? - Full Fact
Verdict: this depends on how you measure the increase. uk nationals accounted for 25% of modern slavery referrals in 2022, compared to just 3% in 2012—though most of the increase over the last 10 years has been non-uk nationals. we've not seen data that breaks down referrals by both nationality and location of exploitation.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2023-03-24T00:00:00