New figures from the annual Trafficking in Persons Report say that there has been a 20 per cent increase in human trafficking victims.

The report identified 78 victims of trafficking 2015, which rose to 95 in 2016.

A number of these victims are children.

'This year again a worryingly high number of Irish children count among the total detected figure of 95,' Brian Killoran, CEO of the Immigrant Council of Ireland, told Breaking news.

There are also concerns that there is a high number of these victims have been sex trafficked. 

'It is worrying victim identification in Ireland has not been improved despite numerous signals from courts and practitioners that Ireland is failing victims,' said Nusha Yonkova, anti-trafficking manager at the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

'Victims of sex trafficking remain disadvantaged due to the woefully inadequate accommodation where they spend extended periods of time,' 

'They are also put at a disadvantage when it comes to viable avenues for victim compensation,' she told The Irish Examiner.

There has been a rise in suspected victims from Nigeria, Romania, Brazil, and Pakistan.