Human Trafficking
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Colombia and IOM in joint effort to fight against human trafficking
Aug 4, 2017News Hour As part of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, IOM, the UN Migration Agency and Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the results of Ante la trata no se haga (In the Face... -
Belarusian youth ‘Act. Learn. Share’ to combat human trafficking
Jul 21, 2017News Hour: ‘Act.Learn.Share’, a summer camp for young adults, kicked off last Monday just outside of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Participants came from across the nation, all united in their desire to learn about and... -
Myanmar’s religious leaders meet to combat human trafficking, smuggling
Jun 2, 2017News Hour: Myanmar Buddhist and Christian religious and community leaders met in Yangon last week at a workshop organized by IOM to discuss community-based solutions to human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Every year some 250-350 Myanmar... -
IOM, EU Aid victims of human trafficking through new online platform
Apr 23, 2017News Hour: IOM, with support from the European Union (EU), has launched an online platform featuring a transnational referral tool designed to strengthen professional response to the needs of victims of human trafficking. The tool, known... -
Johannesburg students lauded for anti-human trafficking social media campaign
Feb 21, 2017News Hour: IOM and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) held an awards ceremony last week at the UJ campus to commend students’ work on a 2016 social media campaign to combat human trafficking. As part of... -
South African students launch social media campaign to fight human trafficking
Oct 5, 2016News Hour: IOM, in partnership with University of Johannesburg (UJ) strategic communications students, has rolled out a week-long social media campaign across South Africa for Human Trafficking Week, 3-7 October 2016. The campaign forms part of... -
7,000 people got training to combat human trafficking in Mesoamerica
Oct 1, 2016News Hour: Students, government officials, non-governmental organizations and journalists are some of the nearly 7,000 people that in the last three years have participated in IOM’s training and awareness programmes, addressing prevention of human trafficking in... -
Kung Fu’ nuns bike Himalayas to oppose human trafficking
Sep 17, 2016News Hour: The similarity, however, ends there. This journey is longer and tougher, the prize has no financial value or global recognition and the participants are not professional cyclists but Buddhist nuns from India, Nepal, Bhutan... -
Initiatives taken to reduce human trafficking in Mongolia’s mining zone
Sep 16, 2016News Hour: The development of Mongolia’s mining industry in the Gobi region has led to an increase in internal and international migration towards the mining sites, creating new challenges, and increasing the risk of irregular migration,... -
Burundi officials get trained in combating human trafficking
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: IOM, UNICEF and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are this week organizing a two and a half day counter-trafficking training for government officials in the Burundian capital Bujumbura....
