Case No. UKUT-00227-(IAC)

2.37. Any services provided by contractors which relate to the discharge of UK Border Agency functions must be carried out having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Operational instructions for contractors providing such services must refer explicitly to this. Examples of suchservices are detention and escorting functions. Although the duty does not extend to UK Border Agency staff and contractors overseas it is a matter of UK Border Agency policythat when they are escorting children overseas, they should have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children at every stage of the journey.2.38. Contractors must be adequately monitored to ensure that they have regard to the duty and the guidance. A NNE x A POSSIBLE INDIC A TORS TH A T A CHILD M A Y H A VE BEEN TRAFFICKED There a number of indicators which suggest thata child may have been trafficked into the UK, and may still be controlled by the traffickers or receiving adults. These are as follows: A T THE PO R T OF ENT R Y The