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IOM report Child trafficking
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- The report titled “From Evidence to Action: Twenty Years of IOM Child Trafficking Data to Inform Policy and Programming” was recently released.
- It is a first of its kind and is based on analysis of extensive, globally sourced data, using the IOM’s Victims of Trafficking Database (VoTD).
- As per the report, half of child trafficking victims are trafficked within their own country.
- In cases of international trafficking, children are mostly trafficked to neighbouring, wealthier countries.
- Half of the trafficked children, mostly boys, are subjected to forced labor across various industries like domestic work, begging, and agriculture.
- Sexual exploitation, including through prostitution, pornography, and sexual servitude, is also prominent, affecting 20 per cent of trafficked children, predominantly girls.
- It analysed primary data from more than 69,000 victims of trafficking of 156 nationalities, trafficked in 186 countries.
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