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<p> </p><p>"There were 450 potential victims of trafficking who were minors at
the time of exploitation referred into the National Referral Mechanism in 2013. These
referrals were considered by UK Visas and Immigration and the UK Human Trafficking
Centre.<br><br>The UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC) do not conduct interviews with
potential victims of trafficking. Interviews may take place with other agencies, for
example the Police or Social Services, however UKHTC does not keep a record of who
conducts the interviews, or when the interviews take place.<br><br>UK Visas and Immigration
do conduct interviews where appropriate. Information on the training received by the
staff involved in interviewing is not collated centrally and establishing this would
incur disproportionate cost. However, all UKVI staff undertaking interviews with children
must have undertaken specialist training. In addition, staff may also have received
Competent Authority training which includes a two day specialist training course.
All reasonable grounds and conclusive ground decisions are taken by trained Competent
Authority staff."</p><p> </p>
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