Human Trafficking Survey: Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine
- Document number
- 1281
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- Human Trafficking Survey: Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Summary
- The research main objectives were to apply survey techniques to evaluate human traffickingprevalence in Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine and analyze factors for human trafficking in the five countries. To summarize the research findings, human trafficking prevalence is affected by labour migration rates: this is clearly observed for Moldova. However, labour migration is not the only factor explaining the level of human trafficking: in the cases of Ukraine and Belarus, the human trafficking rates were unexpectedly high given the relatively low labour migration rates. Rural residents in all the countries were found as a group having the lowest level and the quality of human trafficking awareness. Although many rural residents have heard about cases of labour and sex exploitation that happened to their surrounding, they do not translate these cases into the probability that they may happen to them personally. Rural residents tend to underestimate personal risks of human trafficking in all the countries, except for Romania. Therefore, the special measures are to be taken to raise their understanding of human trafficking phenomenon and comprehension of personal risks.
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