" ?1 A$ s2 u/ rCommemoration day to mark UK slave trade role % Y* U c& D# |/ z$ ~4 AAN annual commemoration day will be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, deputy prime minister John Prescott said. ) T6 v9 ^! M) [* u, \6 Y @1 h+ ?7 I% {
The news came as the Government today announced freed victims of human trafficking are to be granted the right to stay in Britain temporarily. ) A& s6 J( ?* ] 7 j4 B, a3 f! ZMr 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. 2 E0 N j& v" ~. J8 |. [6 b; A: p. L* {& Y: g4 U9 o# @, X
"Like the Holocaust, we are learning to talk about the slave trade openly and more honestly," he reportedly said. & N; U& ?# F6 K, I0 ^( u ' T/ i6 \/ _ P6 j: x"Tragic and terrible as it was, the slave trade defied anyone to discuss it because it was so horrendous." % }% o: R X" ?( Y& c
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The Home Office was today set to announce plans to sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. " w" y; K$ k' |% i- B) R/ Z 1 r9 p- Q, F7 I& k! v# WThe 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.) ~6 v! ~# ^; h
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