Migration
Human Trafficking Meets Human Smuggling at the Southern Border
The nexus of human trafficking and human smuggling, two related but different crimes, is in the spotlight as President Trump …
Spotlighting Action: Truckers Against Trafficking
This week we feature an organization, Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), for the innovative way they are contributing to the fight …
Thousands of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors, Unaccounted for
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Human Trafficking and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Since August 2017 over 650,000 Rohingya have fled their homes in Myanmar to seek safety in neighboring Bangladesh. Driven from …
The Connection between the Mara Salvatrucha and Human Trafficking
The Mara Salvatrucha, better known by their acronym MS-13, is one of the largest and most violent transnational criminal organizations in the world. Their motto is “Kill, Rape, Control.” Since the 1980s, MS-13 members have typically engaged in a wide range of violent and criminal activity including, drug distribution, murder, rape, prostitution, robbery, home invasions, immigration offenses, kidnapping, carjacking/auto thefts, and vandalism. More recently there has been a rise in MS-13 engaging in human trafficking.
Legislative Efforts to Reduce Labor Exploitation of Immigrant Workers
Recently, a new bill was introduced in Congress that would require greater transparency about foreign guest worker programs in an effort to help prevent labor trafficking and exploitation of such workers when they come to work in the U.S.
When is youth labor migration actually child trafficking?
The 2008 financial crisis and global recession affected individuals all over the world, but it may have hit global youth the hardest. Youth unemployment rose immediately, hitting 12.7 percent in 2009. When global recovery weakened in 2012 and 2013, it further aggravated the problem of youth unemployment. At the moment, it is estimated that 73 million young people are unemployed worldwide, and youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. And analysts predict that the number unemployed youth will continue to rise.
Protecting Unaccompanied Mexican Migrant Child Trafficking Victims
Recently, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report regarding the care of unaccompanied migrant children by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The GAO report entitled Unaccompanied Alien Children: Actions Needed to Ensure Children Receive Required Care in DHS Custody, found that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have not consistently screened unaccompanied Mexican children in their custody for trafficking.
The Intersection of Human Trafficking & Forced Displacement
Today, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide has reached nearly 60 million, the highest number since World War II. Almost 20 million of these are refugees: people who have fled their country of origin because of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. Close to 40 million are people displaced within their own country, known as internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – also known as the UN Refugee Agency – protects and assists both refugees and IDPs in over 125 countries. UNHCR also works on behalf of stateless individuals, who are not recognized as citizens of any State.
New Tool for Temporary Migrant Workers Seeks to Reduce Risk for Trafficking
Each year, over 100,000 Mexican workers are brought for work in the U.S. on H-2A and H-2B visas in industries …