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Malawi: Govt Struggles to Curb Human Trafficking
DW, 11 May 2022
Endemic poverty makes Malawi easy pickings for traffickers. The pandemic and fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine has exacerbated the situation despite government efforts to curb… Read more »
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Malawi: Rights Activist Mwakasungula Warns Govt On Relocation of Refugees
Nyasa Times, 2 November 2021
Renowned governance and human rights advocate Undule Mwakasungula has warned the government against taking a unilateral and hasty decision on the relocation of refugees from… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Poverty, Official Complicity Hampers Human Trafficking Fight
IPS, 6 October 2020
In August, police intercepted the trafficking of 31 people to Mozambique. The victims, all Malawians, included 17 children and 6 women. Their two traffickers, also Malawians, had… Read more »
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Malawi: Civil Society Group Says 95% Malawians Trafficked Without Their Knowledge
Nyasa Times, 31 July 2019
Malawi Network Against Trafficking in Person (M-NAT) chairperson Rodrick Mulonya has dislosed that abut 95 percent of Malawians seeking greener pastures elsewhere are trafficked… Read more »
Here's Why Malawians Fall Prey to Human Trafficking
Endemic poverty makes Malawi easy pickings for traffickers. The pandemic and fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine has exacerbated the situation despite government efforts to curb human trafficking, Kate Hairsine writes for Deutsche Welle.
Malawi has long been a trafficking hotspot in southern Africa and one major driver for this is endemic poverty and extensive rural unemployment. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 174 out of 189 countries on the United Nations' Human Development Index. Half of the population lives below the national poverty line and a quarter lives in extreme poverty.
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Covid-19-driven economic and social difficulties in Malawi have caused an increase in sex trafficking in the southern African country, and the spike is being blamed mainly on ... Read more »
