UN Migration Agency Marks 11th EU Anti-Trafficking Day with New Data, Analysis on Human Trafficking
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration Agency, today joins the European Union (EU), other European countries and partners throughout the region and beyond in marking the 11th EU Anti-Trafficking Day. It is observing the day through a series of events and is releasing two publications on victims of trafficking.
Trafficking in Human Beings is one of the world’s most serious transnational crimes and one of the most complex human rights challenges of our time. To contribute to a better understanding of this complex phenomenon and support evidence-based policies and responses, IOM has developed and maintained a central counter-trafficking case management tool, the IOM Global Human Trafficking Database, which is the largest global database with primary data on victims of trafficking.
IOM today published its first Global Trafficking Trends in Focus summary, which analyses IOM’s victim of trafficking data from 2006 to 2016. The analysis is based on data from 50,000 victims of trafficking have been assisted by IOM during this period. On average, victims assisted by IOM are trafficked for a duration of 2.5 years.
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