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Let's eradicate human trafficking

 

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<%dim dbpath, pageTle, Section, Section1 %>    by Nilma Dole You’re at a busy train station and you see a scruffy-looking man herding children like buffaloes out of a train and quickly into a vehicle on the road. He, the ‘middle-man’ quickly takes money from the carefully masked ‘pimp’ and scurries away. The vehicle bundles off and you see the innocent children with their faces out of the window sobbing bitterly. Across the street, an aunt and her nephew make their way to a saree factory where he will face a terrible fate in the hands of unforgiving employers depriving him of his childhood, his education and his basic rights. High above, in a posh apartment overlooking the city, a teenage girl is forced to ‘entertain’ a few thugs, the start of a haunting nightmare. This is not a fairytale, this is reality, happening in our country. Why do we continue to ignore their pleas? They could have been one of us. Human trafficking is possibly the worst human disaster ever created in the history of the human race. Worse than the drug trade and interlinked with the weapon trade, human trafficking is a menace that we continue to ignore under our very noses. We often are part of the vicious cycle and more often than not, might be supporting it by ignoring it, for it might be taking place in our very homes. Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labour which is a modern-day form of slavery. While our newspapers carry the terrible fate that befell Ariyawathie where nails were driven into her body by her insane employer, thousands suffer in silence unknown to us because we are not doing enough to stop human trafficking. While we want the best for our country in terms of foreign exchange and money to help out at home, don’t we realise that seeking greener pastures isn’t so wonderful after all? Criminals involved in human trafficking can earn up to US$ 10 billion every year through buying and selling human beings. With it being a lucrative trade, many overlook their human kindness to turn into monsters, even going to the extent of selling their own children and relatives for a few Rupees. What we don’t realise is that we are sustaining by giving it a thriving environment. While the government does its best to strengthen laws and implement them, there are people at the ground level who can do more than just ignore such things. Sri Lanka has a good Women and Children’s Bureau to stop nefarious activities but simply, more has to be done by the public to at least curb human trafficking at a grass roots level. The UN’s International Labour Organisation estimates that worldwide about 2.5 million people are victims of trafficking and over half of these people are in Asia and the Pacific. Launched in Sri Lanka for the first time, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the world’s popular music channel, MTV (Music Television) has not turned a blind eye to the pleas of these crying victims of human trafficking. Speaking to the Sunday Observer about MTV EXIT was Campaign Manager Simon Goff said that MTV EXIT was about freedom, about our rights as human beings to choose where we live, where we work, who our friends are, and whom we love. “Most of us take this freedom for granted, but hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world have had these basic human rights taken away.” It is poignant to know that they are victims of trafficking, the so-called modern-day slaves where they have been forced, defrauded, or coerced them into various forms of labour, or prostitution which are done by their own family and friends. Trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children can take many forms and include forcing a child into prostitution or other forms of sexual activity or child pornography. Child exploitation can also include forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, the removal of organs, illicit international adoption, trafficking for early marriage, recruitment as child soldiers, for use in begging or as athletes (such as child camel jockeys or football players), or for recruitment for cults. With the help of celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, Lara Dutta, Lucy Liu and now Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara, MTV EXIT aims at increasing awareness and prevention of human trafficking through television programs, online content, live events, and partnerships with anti-trafficking organisations. MTV EXIT’s SOLD program hosted by Kumar Sangakkara will be telecast on Rupavahini soon and free videos are available online for more information. Speaking at a press conference Kumar said that he hoped that people will realise that this problem can be solved if only people report anything suspicious to the police. “We can stop human trafficking and we better start now before it’s too late,” he said. Pix: Rukmal Gamage Protect Yourself If you or someone you know are looking to travel, work, or study abroad or even in your own country make sure that the opportunity is real. Contact an anti-trafficking organisation and seek advice. Keep control of your future. Check out some of the specific information here of how to stay safe. If you’ve been offered the chance to travel/work/study abroad by a stranger, friend or relative, ask yourself the following: * Where are you going and why? * Who is paying for your journey? - If someone is offering to pay for you, find out why. * Is the offer too good to be true? If it sounds too good, it probably is! * Talk about it with friends, family and people whom you trust. If they have doubts, find out why - maybe they are right. You Can Help Every day people are being exploited through trafficking. Every day criminals profit while their victims suffer. If you’re outraged or have been affected by trafficking, you can do something to help. Join the fight to end exploitation and trafficking! Steps to take: * If you know or see a domestic worker that is being abused by their employer, then it is your responsibility to act. Inform an anti-trafficking organisation and the police. * Get involved and find out as much as you can about where the products you buy come from so that your money doesn’t go to enslave people. * Raise awareness and engage others to see if there is suspicious activity taking place in the neighbourhood. * Get in touch with a local organization and find out what your local and national government is doing. See how you can help change the situation in your country.   .................................... << Magazine Main Page       Produced by Lake House Copyright © 2006 The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Comments and suggestions to : Web Editor

 

Lanka Truth - July 27,2010-41 women suffering in Saudi -Arabia-No response from authorities

41 women suffering in Saudi -Arabia-No response from authorities

 

Monday, 26 July 2010 19:00

It is reported that 41 Sri Lankan women are going through immeasurable suffering in Saudi-Arabia. Despite Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi-Arabia, the Department of Immigration and Emigration  in Sri Lanka have been informed about this issue, no remediable action has been taken yet.   Though ten women have fallen sick already they have not been granted any medical treatment yet say reports.   The women state that they went to Saudi-Arabia to work as cleaners in "Rasik Al-Mussalla" company. They were taken to Saudi-Arabia by a foreign employment agency known as New Trans Gulf and they had been promisesd Saudy Riyal 650 as monthly wages with free food and lodging.   However following the arrival in Saudi-Arabia that particular company didn't grant any employment to them and they are detained in a hostel. They are not permitted to go out from that place and they are not properly looked after.   Those women state that the particular company pays them only a small sum of money now and then for their food. They have appaealed to teh governemtn of Sri Lanka and relevant authorities  to save them from the misery they are undergoing and bring them immediately back to Sri Lanka.

 

430 children missing, most sold for prostitution - Police report

Sunday, 25 July 2010 13:44  - Lanka Truth

430 children have been missing during the first four months of this year states a report by Women and Child Bureau. Among the under aged children missing are 270 girls and 150 boys. So far only 225 of the missing children have been traced. According to the report most of the children have run away from their homes while kidnapping too has been a major cause for the disappearances. Most of the children missing were between the age groups of 12 and 18 years, and 117 of them were 16-years-old the report states. Most of the disappearances of children have been reported from Anuradhapura which records 50 children missing during the period from January to April 2010. Most of the kidnappings were carried out either to sell the children for prostitution or for adoption. However, kidnapping children to engage in prostitution is considered to be a major cause, and in many cases, men have forced young girls to run away from their homes, promising to get married, but had later sold them to brothels.

 

 

Sponsor system 'gateway to human trafficking'

(AFP) – 2 days ago

DUBAI — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged countries across the Middle East to end forced labour brought by visa sponsorships that the watchdog said have become a gateway for human trafficking.

"For efforts to end forced labor and human trafficking to be successful, governments in the Middle East should reform the current visa sponsorship system," said Nisha Varia, a senior researcher at the New York-based HRW.

"When employers have near-total control over migrants? ability to change jobs, and sometimes to leave the country, workers can get trapped in exploitative situations in which they are forced to work without wages, get beaten, or face other abuses," she said in a statement.

The appeal came as the US State Department's annual human trafficking report released on Monday ranked several Middle Eastern countries in its two lowest possible categories.

It maintained Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in tier 3, the lowest possible category, which makes these countries potentially subject to US sanctions of non-humanitarian aid.

It also placed Lebanon and Qatar on the tier 2 watchlist, the second-lowest ranking.

Millions of migrant workers, mainly from Asia and Africa, have short-term employment contracts for low-wage jobs in the construction, domestic work, and service industries across the region, said HRW.

The sponsorship system, locally known as "Kafala," is mostly prevalent in energy-rich Gulf Cooperation Council states which are home to at least 12 million foreign workers, many of whom complain of maltreatment.

In April, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on Gulf countries to stop requiring migrant workers to secure local sponsors, saying the system fosters abuses.

"I wholeheartedly support those efforts and call on other states to replace the Kafala system with updated labour laws that can better balance rights and duties," she said in a speech in Saudi Arabia during a Gulf tour.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan have adopted anti-trafficking legislation, and in some cases built shelters, HRW said.

Other countries, including Lebanon and Kuwait, have yet to adopt such legislation, and most countries retain immigration laws that penalise rather than protect workers who work under conditions of abuse, it said.

In Kuwait, immigration regulations allow for criminal charges against workers who leave their jobs, while in Saudi Arabia and Qatar workers must have their employers? permission to get exit visas to leave the country.

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Trafficking in Persons Report 2010

 

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TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2010

 

Direct Link to Full 373-Page Report:

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/142979.pdf

June 14, 2010 - Secretary of State Clinton: "The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same standards to which we hold other countries. The United States takes its first-ever ranking not as a reprieve but as a responsibility to strengthen global efforts against modern slavery, including those within America. This human rights abuse is universal, and no one should claim immunity from its reach or from the responsibility to confront it.

The Report
The report is available in HTML format (below) and in PDF format as a single file [PDF: 22 MB ]. Due to its large size, the PDF has been separated into sections for easier download: Introduction ; Country Narratives: A-B, C-F, G-J, K-M, N-S, T-Z/

Special Cases; Relevant International Conventions.

-Letter from Secretary
- Letter from Ambassador Luis CdeBaca
- Introduction: 10 Years of Fighting Modern Slavery
- What Is Trafficking in Persons?
- Policy Priorities
- The 2010 TIP Report: Methodology
- Comparing Civil Liberties, Corruption, and Compelled Service
- Topics of Special Interest
- Victims' Stories
- Global Law Enforcement Data
- 2010 TIP Report Heroes
- Tier Placements
- Country Narratives
- Country Narratives: Countries A Through F
- Country Narratives: Countries G Through M
- Country Narratives: Countries N Through Z
- Special Cases
- Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Minimum Standards for the Elimination of Trafficking in Persons
- Stopping Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation, and Abuse by International Peacekeepers
- Glossary of Acronyms
- A Closing Note From the Drafters of the Report
-PDF Version: Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2010  [22164 Kb]
-Introduction (PDF)  [3972 Kb]
-Country Narratives: A-B (PDF)  [2853 Kb]
-Country Narratives: C-F (PDF)  [2968 Kb]
-Country Narratives: G-J (PDF)  [2344 Kb]
-Country Narratives: K-M (PDF)  [3310 Kb]
-Country Narratives: N-S (PDF)  [4321 Kb]
-Country Narratives: T-Z and Special Cases (PDF)  [2423 Kb]
-Relevant International Conventions (PDF)  [711 Kb]