* R5 A# ?9 X* G5 n" @* R5 X 1807年3月25日,英国通过《废除奴隶贸易法案》,规定英国船只上每发现一名奴隶,罚款100英镑(约合190美元)。1833年,英国通过《废除奴隶制法案》,宣布废除奴隶制度。 " k T1 y1 P- f3 ]: I* P+ L2 Y7 G8 V
Commemoration day to mark UK slave trade role 5 \ B) B& u7 J: C! _; N [AN annual commemoration day will be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, deputy prime minister John Prescott said. ; x% r, i- ] n& L& Y& k A" h7 O3 \+ m Q+ q
The news came as the Government today announced freed victims of human trafficking are to be granted the right to stay in Britain temporarily. - U( u3 l. d% l* P }2 M8 c3 X& I2 m( d, t2 W7 h! Q3 o, m0 G. v
Mr Prescott said that he expected the commemoration day to take place along with the rest of Europe in June to help counter modern-day human trafficking. 7 q8 B6 d3 q5 T k0 F& a, _$ `
9 Z& p Z/ R; }7 l) u' g"Like the Holocaust, we are learning to talk about the slave trade openly and more honestly," he reportedly said. * D- {6 z* `5 z 6 O/ v0 D4 Z; e/ y1 \"Tragic and terrible as it was, the slave trade defied anyone to discuss it because it was so horrendous." 9 `2 ?; x0 l- \5 j( L% k' f6 v 1 S1 @5 [% W5 g; h( BThe Home Office was today set to announce plans to sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. " H' [( H$ a; W5 r . S) Y0 I* |) ?; _The agreement offers victims - such as women who are sold into the sex trade - the right to at least 30 days' grace after they have escaped people traffickers. ( \, p& t' K. h$ p: `7 W ! ?" I' a, r! Q8 a kThis article: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=448812007