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Women and girls are the most common victims of human trafficking, and it is important for health care providers to have knowledge and skills to recognise the signs of human trafficking and to refer potential victims to protection and assistance services, was highlighted at the two training sessions organised by the joint European Union –…
The harrowing statistics come from an IOM report as part of the Missing Migrants Project but researchers claim that the figure of over 29,000 may actually be an underestimate of the true number of deaths due to the difficulty in collecting exact numbers of those who have died trying to cross the sea to Europe. The…
More than 29,000 migrants have died trying to reach Europe since 2014, with 5,000 deaths in the last two years, the International Organization for Migration said in a report Tuesday. The United Nations agency’s Missing Migrants Project spoke of “increasing numbers of deaths seen on routes across the Mediterranean, on land borders to Europe and…
The European Anti-trafficking Day, 18 October, was celebrated in Skopje through awareness raising about online trafficking and abuse of children and a two-day training of trainers on supporting and protecting child victims of trafficking. The activities were supported by the joint action of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Preventing and combating human…
Greek police have dismantled a major human trafficking ring in the port city of Patras and Athens leading to the arrests of Greek and foreign nationals. Five Greek nationals and four Pakistani, Azerbaijani and Indian nationals were arrested for trafficking migrants from Evros to the mainland, after a broad-scale operation by Security Directorate of Patras….
At the round table held on 17 October 2022, ahead of the European Anti-trafficking Day, key anti- trafficking stakeholders stressed the importance of strong and persistent co-operation among all relevant mechanisms ensuring protection of victims of trafficking in human beings. The round table was co-organised by the joint anti-trafficking action of the European Union and…
SURVIVORS of human trafficking have described Ireland as a “haven” for traffickers, with a “huge number” of them exploiting women, children and men. Child trafficking is not just confined to …
Plans are well ahead to get more African journalists to partake in an advance training on human trafficking and its related issues in Africa and the world at large. The training which would be funded by the European Union and organized by Expertise France seeks to broaden the knowledge of African journalists in the combat…
With the aim to support investigative journalism to tell fact-based, gender- sensitive and victim-oriented stories about human trafficking, 13 stories were published by local journalists and media reporters from North Macedonia. Supported by the EU and Council of Europe joint action “Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in North Macedonia” this initiative assisted local media representatives…
Journalists in West Africa have been advised to collaborate with other journalists across the sub-region in order to strengthen their fight against human trafficking. The advice was given by a press officer of the Nigeria National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, Vincent Adekoye, at an ongoing 5-day advance training workshop on human trafficking…
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