The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security has denied that it failed to assist a victim of human trafficking and said that the pregnant woman who later gave birth never returned to the shelter after she left to make a purchase and efforts to locate her were futile.
The report carried by Capitol News on Monday implied that the Ministry failed to assist the woman, a statement from the Ministry yesterday said. “The person in question was indeed brought to the Ministry on April 22, 2013. At the time she was pregnant and the Ministry provided accommodation to her at a shelter, as well as clothing
