Closeup of the lettering on the reflective metal Home Office sign in front of the Westminster building.
The government decision to exclude kidnapping for ransom in the trafficking rules has denied many people support. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian
The government decision to exclude kidnapping for ransom in the trafficking rules has denied many people support. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian
Court rules against Home Office in asylum seeker kidnapping case

Department had claimed that being kidnapped for ransom was not exploitation of trafficking victims in case of Syrian man abducted in Libya