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The 8th Annual International Symposium on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling is taking place today in Brussels.
Four members of RENATE (Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation) are attending this event and the President of Mary Ward Loreto Foundation/ RENATE, Imelda Poole (IBVM), representing Albania.
The delegates of this Annual International Symposium will:
- Explore how to build effective multi-agency cooperation to ensure the conviction of perpetrators
- Consider ways to safeguard victims by strengthening victim support
- Take part in interactive discussions with key stakeholders and share best practice in the protection of trafficking victims
- Examine how to better identify, protect and support victims of sexual exploitation through the delivery a person-centred safeguarding system
- Share ideas on and transfer current knowledge of available training and education for frontline staff to ensure that they are qualified to identify and assess victims of trafficking
- Evaluate the importance of partnership working and discuss how best to implement effective multi-sector collaboration;
The trafficking in human beings has, over the last decade, increased significantly. According to the International Labour Organisation, in 2012 there were 20.9 million people were victims of forced labour and sexual exploitation in the world. In the period 2013-14 EU countries reported 15,846 victims of human trafficking, 76% of which were women and girls according to a European Commission report. It is estimated that two out of three registered victims (67%) were trafficked for sexual exploitation, 21% for other types of forced labour and 12% for other types of exploitation. Please click here for more