9 @- Q; z/ y0 V+ k6 ^) Q1 p 1807年3月25日，英国通过《废除奴隶贸易法案》，规定英国船只上每发现一名奴隶，罚款100英镑(约合190美元)。1833年，英国通过《废除奴隶制法案》，宣布废除奴隶制度。& m) c/ }0 X; g, d9 s: @
1 b! S4 Z( ~4 k0 eCommemoration day to mark UK slave trade role" Q6 ]/ q0 C8 K8 c2 K
AN annual commemoration day will be held to recall Britain's role in the slave trade, deputy prime minister John Prescott said. ! a# [. @1 m) q+ r& ]" t " Z7 O" B4 p+ aThe news came as the Government today announced freed victims of human trafficking are to be granted the right to stay in Britain temporarily. K, f3 k1 \3 g& n& d, Q: b& E' U
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Mr Prescott said that he expected the commemoration day to take place along with the rest of Europe in June to help counter modern-day human trafficking. 1 b2 b0 @& w$ y/ K, R) `% y6 p 3 y1 m. E# G# W8 C1 N6 O" T- |2 J. K) S; w"Like the Holocaust, we are learning to talk about the slave trade openly and more honestly," he reportedly said. 3 J5 E, l1 t4 C3 E5 A# D # \* T5 N8 X4 K% Y) E$ T"Tragic and terrible as it was, the slave trade defied anyone to discuss it because it was so horrendous." ) e. [ S% `. Q
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The Home Office was today set to announce plans to sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. y! C8 R- o d; o1 ? G1 m0 \ H' f& e
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The agreement offers victims - such as women who are sold into the sex trade - the right to at least 30 days' grace after they have escaped people traffickers., X, H0 J s& R( C
% M+ M R" t- l% xThis article: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=448812007
