Victims of trafficking in humans can be found in a variety of situations, so I will provide a list of some general indicators. That way you can play a role in identifying such victims.
Economic
- Receive little or no payment
- Have no access to their earnings
- Be unable to negotiate working conditions
- Be unable to leave their work environment
- No days off
- Work excessively long hours over long periods
- Be under the perception that they are bonded by debt
- Have had the fees for their transport to the country of destination paid for by facilitators, whom they must payback by working or providing services in the destination
- Be forced to work under certain conditions
Social
- Be subjected to violence or threats of violence against themselves or against their family members and loved ones
- Be unable to communicate freely with others
- They often have acted on the basis of false promises
- Believe that they must work against their will
- Be threatened with being handed over to the authorities
- Be disciplined through punishment
- Be in a situation of dependence
- Have limited or no social interaction
Health (mental and physical)
- Show signs that their movements are being controlled
- Allow others to speak for them when addressed directly
- No access to medical care
- Suffer injuries that appear to be the result of an assault
- Show fear, anxiety, or timid behavior
- Suffer injuries or impairments typical of certain jobs or control measures
- Act as if they were instructed by someone else
- Be afraid of revealing their immigration status
- Distrustful of the authorities
- Suffer injuries that appear to be the result of the application of control measures
Living Conditions
- Feel that they cannot leave
- Be found in or connected to a type of location likely to be used for exploiting people
- Not know their home or work address
- Live in poor or substandard accommodations
- Come from a place known to be a source of human trafficking
- Have limited contact with their families or with people outside of their immediate environment
- Be unfamiliar with the local language.
Other
- Claims of just visiting and inability to clarify where he/she is staying/address
- Lack of knowledge of whereabouts and/or do not know what city he/she is in
- Little to no education
- Loss of sense of time
- Has numerous inconsistencies in his/her story
- Have false identity or travel documents
- Not be in possession of their passports or other travel or identity documents, as those documents are being held by someone else.
No comments:
Post a Comment