Another use for government money

Apparently "Sex slaves smuggled into Britain are set to receive millions of pounds for their 'pain and trauma' after a groundbreaking government decision to compensate victims of people trafficking.
The first payouts of more than £140,000 were made last week to four women who suffered a 'sustained period of sexual abuse'. Another 10,000 are estimated to be eligible under a new interpretation of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority guidelines." Read the rest in the Observer who do at least make the fairly obvious point, although probably not to this government, that "there are also concerns that traffickers might force women to make fraudulent compensation claims that would find their way to criminals."

A truly horrible situation but just remind me why the UK taxpayer should be paying this money to non-UK citizens who have usually been exploited by other non-UK citizens?