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Refugee Rights Headlines: A compilation of blogs from the Refugee Rights Europe Vol. II
This booklet provides a selection of blog posts from Refugee Rights Europe’s website from the past year, from November 2020 to present. An important part of Refugee Rights Europe's work the past 5 years has been to shed light on the situation experience
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trafficking in Persons: Preliminary findings and messaging based on rapid stocktaking
While it may seem that the restrictions placed on our societies in light of the COVID-19 crisis--such as lockdowns, travel bans, and restricted economic activities--would dissuade crime and human trafficking, UNODC reveals that it may just drive it furthe
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Stacked Odds: How lifelong inequality shapes women and girls' experience of modern slavery
Gender inequality is a determinant in the prevalence of modern-day slavery, Walk Free's report finds. 1 in every 130 women and girls live in modern-day slavery. This report examines how women and girls are particularly vulnerable to modern-day slavery th
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"You Pray for Death": Trafficking of women and girls in Nigeria
This report discusses the human rights abuses suffered by Nigerian women and girls who are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation within and outside Nigeria. It also records the experiences of foreign women who are trafficked into Nigeria, mostly fo
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A Child is a Child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation
Due to the few opportunities for legal movement and migration, many of the children who are move alone are forced to rely on smugglers, putting them at risk for hazardous and exploitative situations. Traffickers and other exploitative persons thrive espec
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Young Invisible Enslaved: Children victims of trafficking and labour exploitation in Italy
The 2017 Young Invisible Enslaved Dossier highlights the cruel practices many unaccompanied children arriving in Italy are subject to at the hands of traffickers. Through the voices and stories told by boys and girls exploited sexually and through labour
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Migrant Smuggling Data and Research: A global review of the emerging evidence base
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released this global review of the emerging evidence on migrant smuggling. It shows a unique perspective on the current evidence and data on migrant smuggling and what can be done to build on the exis
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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016
The third of its kind, the 2016 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons covers 136 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of human trafficking at global, regional, and national levels. The UNODC, having systematically collected dat
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Addressing Human Trafficking and Exploitation in Times of Crisis: Evidence and recommendations for further action to protect vulnerable and mobile populations
Human trafficking, or Trafficking in Persons (TiP) as it is referred to in this report, is a serious crime with grave human rights violations that is, according to the International Organization on Migration (IOM), largely overlooked in crisis situations
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Detained Youth: The fate of young migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in Libya today
This study provides information on the current and ongoing detention of young migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees in Libya. Through in-depth interviews with former detainees, serious violations are revealed to have occurred in Libya’s immigration detent
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Tráfico de Pessoas em Moçambique, em Particular, de Crianças
This study, “Human Trafficking in Mozambique, in particular children”, funded by Save the Children in Mozambique, seeks to understand and assess the extent of human trafficking in Mozambique, with particular emphasis on how this involves or impacts childr
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The Heart of the Matter: Assessing Credibility when Children Apply for Asylum in the European Union
A positive credibility finding is a prerequisite for being recognized as a refugee, whether the applicant is an adult or a child. This report contributes to research on credibility assessment of children, when previous research has focused on credibility