15 August 2024
The Home Office has released its National Referral Mechanism (‘NRM’) and Duty to Notify (‘DtN’) statistics for April to June 2024 (Quarter 2). The NRM identifies and refers potential victims of modern slavery to receive support. DtN referrals refer to instances where adults do not consent to enter the NRM.
In quarter 2 of 2024, 4,316 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office, a decrease to the previous quarter (4,521) and an 8% increase from the same quarter in 2023 (3,992).
The most common nationality referred in the quarter were UK nationals (26%; 1,135). Albanian nationals were the second most commonly referred with 574 referrals (13%), with Vietnamese nationals third with 558 referrals (13%).
Referrals made to the NRM in quarter 2 consisted of 73% (3142) males, and 27% (1,167) female. This is the second highest quarterly number of females referred since the NRM began.
Another development seen over recent years is the increase in negative reasonable grounds (‘RG’) decisions and a decrease in positive RG decisions. From April to June 2024, 4,515 RG decisions were issued, with 53% being positive. Prior to January 2023 when decision making guidelines were changed, 86% of RG decisions were positive (Q4 2022). A similar development is seen with conclusive grounds (‘CG’) decisions, with 64% being positive, compared with 84% in the last quarter of 2022.
Southwell and Partners specialises in advice on Modern Slavery law, and representing victims and potential victims of modern slavery.
You can access the full report detailing the statistics referred to above by visiting here.
