Repatriated

Repatriated: Repatriation is the process of returning a trafficking victim to their country of origin. Repatriation can be a complex and challenging process, particularly if the victim is in a foreign country and has limited resources. In some cases, the victim may not want to return to their country of origin, due to fear of retaliation or other factors. Repatriation programs may provide support to victims, including counseling, medical care, and assistance with reintegration into their communities. However, the success of repatriation programs can depend on a range of factors, including the willingness of the victim to participate, the availability of support services in the victim’s home country, and the cooperation of law enforcement officials in both the victim’s home country and the country where the victim was trafficked.

 

Oladapo Sofowora rejigs fight against Human Trafficking, Hunger
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Oladapo Sofowora rejigs fight against Human Trafficking, Hunger

Media Entrepreneur, women, youth and human trafficking advocate Oladapo Adekunle Sofowora, has further intensified his effort to ensure modern-day slavery is reduced to the barest minimum. The head honcho of Rudder Blade Global has been a strong advocate against women and child trafficking more recently playing a pivotal role in the successful training program as…

Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment – Bulawayo24 News
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Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment – Bulawayo24 News

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimately subjecting them to human trafficking and exploitation. He said regional mechanisms to deal with issues of unfair and unethical recruitment in the Sadc region, particularly personnel from the health…

The Journey Home: 16 Survivors Repatriated to Nigeria
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The Journey Home: 16 Survivors Repatriated to Nigeria

Posted by Bryon Lippincott on November 22, 2022 Free the Slaves and our implementing partner, La Lumiere, successfully reintegrated 16 survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation back to Nigeria. The successful return of these survivors to their homes are the first repatriations as part of the Program to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation in the Kédougou area…

Successful repatriation of 31 victims of Human Trafficking
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Successful repatriation of 31 victims of Human Trafficking

“We were expected to work for long hours. If you showed signs of weakness, they would threaten that they would give you up for organ harvesting”   …. recalled a survivor as she shared her experience with HAART Kenya Nairobi, on 31st of August, 2022 HAART received a call for help via social media and…

Migrant workers: Qatar still to answer for mass wage theft
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Migrant workers: Qatar still to answer for mass wage theft

In conversation, Indian migrant workers to Qatar confirmed this account to me. They were laid off and repatriated without clearing their end-of-service benefits and unpaid salaries following the Covid-19 outbreak. Migrants rights NGOs, meanwhile, catalogued case after case of wage theft happening to migrant workers in Qatar, the wider Gulf, and other major destination countries….

Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN
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Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN

Shamima Begum, a Britain-born individual who had made her way to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) when she was 15 in 2015, is currently fighting a legal case in the United Kingdom to challenge the removal of her British citizenship in 2019. Shamima and two of her friends, Amira Abase and Khadiza Sultana…

The Nigerian migrants stirring to be deported from Agadez – Nigeria Abroad
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The Nigerian migrants stirring to be deported from Agadez – Nigeria Abroad

For several weeks, the repatriation of migrants expelled from Algeria to Niger has been very slow, and the transit camps in the region are overwhelmed, reports Infomigrants. he Malians left. The Guineans followed them. Other migrants from half a dozen other African countries, all expelled from Algeria, have also returned home thanks to the voluntary…

Another Suspect Linked To Human Trafficking Arrested | MENAFN.COM
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Another Suspect Linked To Human Trafficking Arrested | MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN– Colombo Gazette) Another suspect linked to a human trafficking racket was arrested after she surrendered to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Colombo today. The woman had been identified as one of the main suspects linked to the racket. A suspected human trafficking racket had been exposed recently after a number of women stranded…

Another suspect linked to human trafficking arrested – Colombo Gazette
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Another suspect linked to human trafficking arrested – Colombo Gazette

Another suspect linked to a human trafficking racket was arrested after she surrendered to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Colombo today. The woman had been identified as one of the main suspects linked to the racket. A suspected human trafficking racket had been exposed recently after a number of women stranded in Abu Dhabi…

NAPTIP rescues, repatriates 900 victims of human trafficking to Katsina – Newsdiaryonline
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NAPTIP rescues, repatriates 900 victims of human trafficking to Katsina – Newsdiaryonline

By Abbas Bamalli The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says over 900 victims of human trafficking were rescued and repatriated to the Katsina State Command. The Director General (DG) of the agency, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, gave this indication at a border community sensitisation programme on Wednesday at Babban Mutum community,…