Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

News:

The U.S. Department has published the 2018 edition of its annual Trafficking in Persons report. From the briefing: "The report currently provides country-specific narratives for 187 countries and territories, including the United States, and places them on one of four tiers, reflecting the extent to which the government meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, as required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, or TVPA, the U.S. law that created the report. Tier 1 is for countries that are meeting the minimum standards. Tier 2 countries have not met the minimum standards but are making significant efforts to do so. Tier 2 Watch List is for countries that are making significant efforts but deserve closer scrutiny. Finally, Tier 3 is for countries that have not met the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so."

Follow the link above for the complete text of the report an access by country, background information, special topics, fact sheets, and remarks made during the briefing to launch the report.

Publications:

“Addressing the Failures of International Asylum Law in Regard to Victims of Human Trafficking,” Journal of Global Justice and Public Policy, vol. 4, no. 1 (Spring 2018) [full-text]

First Person: Want to Thwart Human Traffickers? Just Add Water (IRIN, Sept. 2018) [text]

The Global Slavery Index 2018 (Walk Free Foundation, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Home Office Deportations Putting Children at Risk of Trafficking," ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 24 Aug. 2018 [text]

Migrant Smuggling to Canada: An Enquiry into Vulnerability and Irregularity through Migrant Stories (IOM, 2018) [text]

Responding to the Human Trafficking–Migrant Smuggling Nexus with a Focus on the Situation in Libya: Policy Note (Global Initiative, July 2018) [text]

"Short-term Wins, Long-term Risks: Human Trafficking and People Smuggling in the Mediterranean Area," Chapter in IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook (2018) [full-text via Global Initiative]

The Tebu: The Little-known Community at the Heart of Libya’s People Smuggling Trade (IRIN, Sept. 2018) [text]

TRACKS: Identification of Trafficked Asylum Seekers’ Special Needs - Training Toolkit (Immigrant Council of Ireland, 2018) [text]

UNHCR Dismayed as Traffickers, Smugglers Impersonate Staff in Libya Amid Clashes in Tripoli (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (13 July 2018)

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