ATTENTION: IOM is conducting an online survey
Dear Friends, here is the web-based Survey about human trafficking situation and response provided by International Organization for Migration (IOM). You are free to participate in as well.
Meeting of GRETA and Audio-Visual Teams
In the framework of the 2nd Round Evaluation of regional governments’ efforts in the fight against trafficking, GRETA team made a visit to Armenia to meet with the organizations which work in anti-trafficking area. Read More
How EU red tape forces refugee children into the arms of people traffickers
Unaccompanied children arriving in Greece are meant to be reunited with their families. But the process takes so long, many take their chances with smugglers, writes TheGuardians’ correspondent Daniel Howden. Read More
U.S. says human trafficking report not softened for political reasons
This year’s U.S. State Department human trafficking report was not watered down because of concerns about how it might affect trade deals or diplomatic relations, writes Reuters, citing on State Department officials. Read More
The world has 21 million slaves – and millions of them live in the west
Between 2003-2011, 2,700 charcoal camp workers in Brazil were liberated from conditions akin to slavery. Seven percent of slaves live in North America or the EU, but the problem is global. We must invest in protocols that work to fight trafficking and exploitation.
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10 ways to recognize modern slavery
One of the biggest obstacles to tackling modern slavery is that it’s often hiding in plain sight. To better understand how that happens, here is a list of ten situations, whish suggests 50forfreedom.org blog to recognize that people are in forced labour.
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Child trafficking: what are we really talking about?
The moral panic over child trafficking detracts from important questions about children and childhood, the state, and immigration. We worry about child trafficking, but what exactly is it? Read More
The scars of modern slavery: trafficked people with severe mental illness
The phenomenon of human trafficking, the exploitation of one human by another, takes place across the globe and predominately targets women and children, writes an NIHR Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry in the department of Children’s Psychological Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Mina Fazel, who presented recently a research “Characteristics of trafficked adults and children with severe mental illness: a historical cohort study” to the #AntiSlaveryDay (This Day falls on 18th of October in UK as another opportunity to host events aimed at drawing attention to the issues of human trafficking and slavery). Read More
Trafficking in Human Beings in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situation – CARITAS Research
The research action titled “Trafficking in Human Beings in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations” has been carried out by Caritas France/ Secours Catholique through its international partner organizations’ network including “Armenian Caritas” BNGO.