The involvement of unaccompanied minors from Eritrea in Human Trafficking

Mirjam van Reisen

This report looks at how trafficking organizations operate in Eritrea and Northern Africa and the role of Eritrean minors in these organizations and their vulnerability to trafficking. What is the background to the large number of unaccompanied children identified among the Eritrean refugees, and why are they so susceptible to human trafficking? How do Eritrean minor end up becoming part of the human trafficking network? And as part of these networks, what tasks do they perform
and how are they able to escape from these roles? These are the questions examined in this report.