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Review protections for victims to keep custody of their children

Submitted by SAM NASS on Sunday 2nd February 2025

Published on Thursday 3rd April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 3rd October 2025

Signatures: 110

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abuse ~ Children ~ Custody ~ Domestic ~ Domestic abuse ~ Families ~ local ~ Mandate ~ Parliament ~ Request ~ Reviewed ~ Slavery ~ Staff ~ system ~ Systemic failures ~ URGENT ~ Urgent review ~ Victim ~ vulnerability

Petition Action

Review protections for victims to keep custody of their children

Petition Details

We urge the UK Government and Parliament to investigate how to best protect parents who are victims of human trafficking or domestic abuse, or who are otherwise vulnerable, from losing custody of their children. We think there are systemic failures in the system.

Additional Information

We think the review should look at amending the Modern Slavery to mandate retraining for local authority staff on handling human trafficking victims with trauma.

Removing children from traumatized parents is unjust, exacerbates their suffering, and ignores the need for compassionate care. We request an urgent review to protect these families.


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