英国独立反奴隶制专员埃莉诺·莱昂斯近日警告，英国新移民和庇护法案中的可信度测试条款可能导致性暴力和人口贩运受害者被不公正地拒绝承认受害人身份，包括据称遭已故富商莫哈迈德·法耶德性虐待的受害者1。莱昂斯表示该测试"从根本上不公平"1。
根据法案规定，内务部官员必须将任何延迟提出现代奴隶制或人口贩运指控视为"损害可信度"的因素1。法案同时要求将任何不准确、不一致或遗漏的叙述，以及与他人指控相似之处，作为质疑受害者可信度的理由1。霍莉·约翰逊批评这一规定，指出"对另一位同一施虐者的受害者说不应该被相信因为情况太相似，这是荒谬的"1。法耶德受害者团体及反奴隶制组织对这些措施表示担忧，认为其将削弱对贩运者的调查和起诉1。
受害者代表组织"没有人在上面"(NOA)指出，许多女性直到法耶德2023年去世和哈罗兹公司2024年宣布不执行保密协议后才报告相关指控1。对此，政府声称引入可信度测试是为了关闭国家转介机制被滥用的机会，并加快非法移民的驱逐程序1。
Britain's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Eleanor Neale has warned that credibility tests in the government's new Immigration and Asylum Bill risk unfairly rejecting victims of sexual violence and human trafficking from gaining official recognition, including alleged victims of Mohamed Fayed's abuse 1. The legislation requires Home Office officials to treat delayed reporting, inconsistent narratives, or similarities to other complaints as grounds for questioning a victim's credibility 1. This approach has drawn concern from both Fayed victims' groups and anti-slavery organizations, who argue it will undermine investigations and prosecutions of traffickers 1.
Neale characterized the credibility tests as "fundamentally unfair," noting that any delay in making modern slavery or trafficking allegations must be treated as damaging to credibility under the bill's terms 1. The legislation also mandates that any inaccuracies, inconsistencies, omissions, or similarities to other allegations be treated as reasons to question credibility 1. Holly Johnson, commenting on the impact, stated: "It is absurd to tell another victim of the same abuser that she should not be believed because the circumstances are too similar" 1. The organization No One Above pointed out that many women only came forward after Fayed's death in 2023 and after Harrods announced in 2024 that it would no longer enforce non-disclosure agreements 1.
The government has justified introducing these credibility tests as a means to close loopholes in the National Referral Mechanism that it says have been exploited, and to expedite the removal of illegal migrants 1.
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