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In a shocking report, it was revealed that a 14-year-old girl found in a holdall in a car boot in France was trafficked to the UK after UK Border Force officers handed her over to French police. Despite significant safeguarding concerns, the girl was taken clandestinely to the UK where she was held in a warehouse with five other women before managing to escape, fearing she would be forced into prostitution. The case was uncovered in an inspection of UK-run detention sites in France near Calais and Dunkirk, highlighting legal and procedural grey zones in the handling of individuals stopped at the facilities.
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