Essay: Mo Farah – here’s why it is so difficult for trafficking victims to disclose their experiences
PATRICIA HYNES, professor of social justice at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at the factors that discourage human trafficking victims from coming forward…
“Pay up”: Indian trafficking victims left destitute by compensation delays
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how a failure to pay compensation due to female survivors of crime is driving some into poverty…
Traffickers found targeting more children as COVID-19 school closures fuel danger
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Human traffickers worldwide are increasingly targeting children and will likely exploit school closures during the coronavirus pandemic to abuse the young, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Children make up a third of trafficking victims who are uncovered – a share that has tripled in the past 15 years, with girls […]
UN urges countries to extend care to all migrants to combat coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and trafficking victims worldwide should be granted access to healthcare and welfare – regardless of their legal status – to protect them during the coronavirus pandemic, two United Nations experts said on Monday. Migrants working in sectors such as farming or the shadow economy often lack any […]
Banks globally eye UK scheme giving accounts to trafficking survivors
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Lucia, a sex trafficking survivor, flashed her new debit card and ran her finger along her name embossed on the plastic. The 44-year-old Congolese nurse was trafficked to Britain last year, abandoned by her captors and is seeking asylum in the country, but she was locked out of the financial […]
Dozens of trafficking victims rescued in Interpol crackdown in the Balkans
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation At least 89 victims of human trafficking were rescued and dozens of suspected traffickers arrested in a crackdown on organised crime groups in the Balkans, Interpol said this week. Operation Theseus saw 3,000 officers from eight nations including Albania, Moldova and Turkey dispatched to crime hotspots including border checkpoints, train and […]
Record number of trafficking victims in Thailand raises concerns over care
Bangkpok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thailand rescued a record 1,807 victims of human trafficking last year, according to data that campaigners on Monday said raised concerns about the nation’s ability to support survivors. The number of victims soared from 622 in 2018, while the previous high was 982 in 2015, the government data showed. About 60 […]
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: BUILT TO SCALE? GROWING PAINS HIT CAMBODIA’S BUSINESSES FOR GOOD
MATT BLOMBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a social enterprises – including one made famous by the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, last year – navigate the perils of growth…
Hundreds of trafficking victims denied right to remain in Britain
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain has denied hundreds of former slaves the right to stay in the country and access support or care services, despite authorities confirming that they were trafficking victims, data published on Tuesday showed. Government data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act found that between 2015-17, Britain’s Home Office did not allow […]
Bangladesh pledges to bring Vanuatu trafficking victims home
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladesh has begun steps to bring home 101 trafficking victims stranded in Vanuatu after they were lured there with the promise of work that never materialised, a government official said on Wednesday. The migrants, who include two minors, have been stuck in the remote Pacific island nation since November when four […]