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Trafficking of Adult Men in the Europe and Eurasia Region

Document number
2467
Date
2010
Title
Trafficking of Adult Men in the Europe and Eurasia Region
Author/publisher
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Exploitation, trafficking, male trafficking, gender
Summary
This report is a study on the extent of male trafficking. The report suggests that male trafficking is a much bigger problem than assumed due to two main reasons: First, many male victims are never identified as victims but treated as irregular migrants, and secondly, it is a general gender biased assumption that men are not trafficked but smuggled. The gender bias has to do with the fact that men are perceived as being active while women are seen as being passive. Due to this ancient dichotomy women more often than men get the label "trafficked" while men are labelled "smuggled". The report suggests that "training and procedures for proactive identification; specialized police units; reform of legislation; regulation of intermediaries (recruitment firms); regulation of subcontractors; investigation and prosecution of labour trafficking cases; anti-corruption efforts; organising migrant workers; awareness-raising and hotlines; and tailoring assistance to the needs of men" are necessary (source: Catherine Cozzarelli).
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