Accommodation and support for victims of trafficking

An introduction and overview of the accommodation and support options available for survivors of modern slavery.

This training will be useful for:

• Legal professionals working with survivors of trafficking or Modern Slavery

• Support professionals working within and those working outside of the MSVCC

• Those working at or with migrant or survivor led groups. 

During this training we will discuss:

• Legal duties to provide accommodation and support to survivors

• What support and accommodation is available to survivors under the NRM, as provided by the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), including through the recovery needs assessment and reach in processes

• How to seek re-entry into NRM support provided by the MSVCC

• Entitlements under asylum support and the impact that this has for those in the NRM

• Accommodation and support that is available for survivors in police custody, prison, detention centres

• An introduction to support and housing available from the local authority including homelessness applications.

The content for this session will cover legislation and case law from England and Wales as well as some international sources of law. It will have a strong focus on the Modern Slavery: statutory guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and non-statutory guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The session is for 2 hours with an optional 30 minutes Q&A at the end.

Hannah Khalifah

Hannah Khalifah is a supervising solicitor specialising in housing and public law, based in London. Hannah qualified as a solicitor in 2018 and joined ATLEU in 2022. She was shortlisted as a finalist in the Housing category for the 2022 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award. Her notable cases include R (YH) v Secretary of State for Home Department (CO/4801/2022) in which it was argued that all potential victims of modern slavery should receive the same rate of support regardless of their accommodation status. In response the Home Office amended the rate of financial support for victims and potential victims of trafficking under the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC). In 2024 she also challenged the Legal Aid Means test resulting in an amendment to the regulations and payments under the MSVCC being disregarded as income. Other notable cases include R (EXC) v SSHD [2024] EWHC 935 (Admin) which concerned the SSHD’s ‘re-entry’ into MSVCC support procedure.

A 20% discount will be automatically applied when booking 6 or more spaces in this session.

As part of this series, we are delivering four other in-depth training sessions. We know that these sessions are best taken together so we are offering you five courses for the price of four.