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Africa: World Must Step Up Efforts to Stop Labor Trafficking
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 July 2020
Anti-trafficking efforts must move away from a singular focus on sexual exploitation and also address forced labor Read more »
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Africa Renewal, 30 July 2020
Thousands of refugees and migrants suffer extreme rights abuses on journeys to Africa's Mediterranean coast, new UNHCR/MMC report shows Read more »
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Malawi: Forced Labour, Sexual Slavery and Child Marriages - Rescuing Victims of Trafficking in Malawi
UN News, 29 July 2020
Human trafficking is a problem in Malawi, with teenage boys forced to work as farm labourers, and young women to sexual exploitation in nightclubs or bars. The UN is supporting the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria, UNODC, IOM, ARK Launch 4 New Projects to Fight Human Trafficking
This Day, 30 July 2020
Four new projects have been launched to strengthen the response to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in Nigeria. Read more »
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Africa: Perils of the Catwalk - African Models Warn of Trafficking Threat
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 17 July 2020
Ethiopian model hopes her reality TV competition will educate girls and families across Africa about exploitation in the industry Read more »
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Tunis Afrique Presse, 28 July 2020
"The regularisation of the situation of Tunisians in Italy concerns only those who arrived in the country during the past period," said Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese. Read more »
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Nigeria: Migrants Returned From Europe Face Stigma and Growing Hardship
The New Humanitarian, 28 July 2020
'There's no job here, and even my family is ashamed to see me, coming back empty-handed with two kids.' Read more »
Journey to Mediterranean Perilous for African Migrants - Report
A new report released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Mixed Migration Centre at the Danish Refugee Council, titled 'On this journey, no one cares if you live or die', has detailed how most people on journeys between West and East Africa and Africa's Mediterranean Coast suffer or witness unspeakable brutality and inhumanity at the hands of smugglers, traffickers, militias and in some cases even state officials.
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In its 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report, the U.S. alleges some Chinese companies operating in Zimbabwe are using forced labour. In a statement, the embassy said the accusations ... Read more »
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A total number of 5,500 Nigerians are set to be deported from Mali and Libya, over various migration offences ranging from human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, and not having ... Read more »
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Nigeria's agency for combating human trafficking is repatriating and re-settling women who have been subjected to forced labor and prostitution after being smuggled into Europe on ... Read more »
These people were among almost 500 rescued from a skiff in the Mediterranean and taken by six Italian boats to Lampedusa (file photo).
