THE Tories cruel Borders Bill will have a “massively detrimental” impact on child trafficking victims, putting them further at risk of criminal exploitation, leading charities have warned.

More children are likely to go unidentified, unprotected and punished under contentious changes to modern day slavery laws in the Nationality and Borders Bill, the open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi warns. 

The letter, signed by eight leading children’s charities including the Children’s Society, comes ahead of the return of the Bill to the Commons tomorrow.