The two-tiered system leaves African and Asian victims at greater risk of fresh exploitation than Britons and fellow Europeans, several campaigners said, as the longer victims must wait for help, the more likely they are to be enslaved again.
Overall, about 7,000 possible slavery victims were uncovered in Britain last year - up a third on 2017 - shows data released this week by the National Crime Agency, and exclusively revealed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation last month.
Possible victims are given 45 days to recover while their cases are considered, and government guidelines say a decision should be made"as soon as possible" thereafter.
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