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The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs

Document number
2286
Date
2009
Title
The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs
Author/publisher
Jacqueline Bhabha and Christina Alfirev, LEGAL AND PROTECTION POLICY RESEARCH SERIES, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports, Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Assistance, Residence permit, Reintegration, Social assistance, Rehabilitation, Reflection period, Repatriation; Return; Redress, Protection, Social inclusion; Residence permit;
Summary
This research paper was commissioned by the Division of International Protection Services, Protection Operations and Legal Advice Section, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva. Its overall purpose is to identify the current gaps in protection mechanisms for trafficked persons, particularly trafficked children, as well as ways to address these lacunae. The study provides background research and information on three connected issues:
i) the protection challenges that arise out of existing state mechanisms for identifying trafficked persons;
ii) the establishment of a national referral system that guarantees assessment of the needs for international protection of persons identified as trafficked (including their entitlement to protection against refoulement under international refugee and/or human rights law); and
iii) procedures adopted to address the special protection needs of trafficked children.
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