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At least 700,000 people are trafficked worldwide each year, forced
through coercion, deception and violence into slavery. A new report
from Anti-Slavery International shows that despite being victims
of a crime, governments fail to protect trafficked people.
On 24 October, Anti-Slavery International is launching Human
Traffic, Human Rights: Redefining victim protection. The
report examines how authorities in 10 countries - Belgium, Colombia,
Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, the
United Kingdom and the United States - treat adults who have been
trafficked.
The launch includes four speakers from organisations that work
on the issue in Belgium, Poland, Thailand and the United States.
It will be held at Bridewell Hall, St Bride Institute, Bride Lane,
Fleet Street, London from 3:00-5:00pm.
Human Traffic, Human Rights finds governments increasingly
respond to trafficking through restrictive immigration policies.
These not only make migrants more vulnerable to traffickers, but
often lead trafficked people to be sent back to their home countries,
returning them to the conditions that led them to be trafficked
in the first place, as well as returning them to the traffickers.
As a result, they may be in serious physical danger and also at
risk of being re-trafficked.
"If governments are serious about combating trafficking,
they need to protect the human rights of trafficked people. Governments
need to provide immediate comprehensive support and assistance to
all those who are suspected of being trafficked," Mary
Cunneen Director of Anti-Slavery International says.
The report highlights the need to institutionalise the positive
measures that the research found and makes recommendations on such
issues as investigation and prosecution of traffickers; residency
status; protection from reprisals; recovery and assistance measures;
role of lawyers; and return and repatriation.
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A summary is available as an e-mailable Word attachment.
For a copy or for any questions, to schedule an interview
or attend the launch please contact Beth Herzfeld, Anti-Slavery
International's Press Officer, on +44 (0)20 7501 8934
or email b.herzfeld@antislavery.org
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Activists from Belgium, Colombia (Spanish only),
Italy, Nigeria, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United States,
are available for interview on Tuesday 22 and Thursday
24 October
- For more information see
trafficking
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