During the last couple of years, Somaliland
experienced movement of people crossing from neighboring countries and passing
through. The majority of this migration is due to widespread poverty, limited
education, economic hardships and search for a better life. Many of these migrants who want to
change their lives fall into severe trafficking, without help and end up lost
in the middle.
The absence of border control (in and out) in most parts of
Somaliland is clearly a significant factor facilitating the illegal flow of
people to Somaliland and to neighboring states.
The
problem of human trafficking has gained its prominence as one of the most
serious issues and became new multi-dimensional and complex that poses a great
challenge to government state authorities, the civil society and vulnerable
population in Somaliland. The fact is that human trafficking is a new
phenomenon to Somaliland community, and little has been done for the recent
years by local authority, local/international non-governmental organizations;
as well as, United Nations Agencies in Somaliland.
Human trafficking within and from Somaliland occurs
in a context of mass migration, where a significant percentage of the
population (especially the young and unaccompanied minors and minority groups) migrates
looking for a better life and accept any jobs they are offered to. A much larger but the
indeterminate percentage of these victims experience undesired situations of
exploitation such as hazardous working conditions, refused promised wages and
physical abuse.
In
response to this issue, USWO organization, in collaboration with International
Organization for Migration (IOM) with the support funds from the people of
Japan, has been accomplishing and engaged in the promotion of documenting
serious case of persons in trafficking and improved awareness with topics and
messages which cover and focus identification, assisting and protection
measures of real cases in coordinated manner by both government authorities and
civil society. For more information please, contact with:
Abshir
Ibrahim Hassan
USWO
Executive Director
Mobile:
+252 63440 2499
Email:
uswo.ed@gmail.com
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