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Protocol for Identification and Assistance to Trafficked Persons and Training Kit

Document number
1016
Date
2005
Title
Protocol for Identification and Assistance to Trafficked Persons and Training Kit
Author/publisher
Anti-Slavery International, The Police Academy in the Netherlands, One The Road (Italy), Eaves Housing for Women (UK), STV (NL)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
Human Trafficking, Slavery, Slavery-like practices, Forced labour, Smuggling, United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands
Summary
WHAT is this? This is a manual on identification of trafficked people in practice. It aims to provide basic information to those most likely to encounter trafficked person and help to make the difficult task of identification easier. WHO is the manual for? The manual was created in co-operation with and for practitioners. Those who can come into contact with trafficked person in their everyday work should use it: Front-line police and immigration officers, detention centres workers and services providers. WHY should I read it? In many cases, trafficked people have irregular immigration status and are identified as ‘undocumented’ or ‘illegal migrants’ or, those trafficked into prostitution, simply as ‘prostitutes’. In most of the destination countries those who are not recognised as possibly having been trafficked, face swift deportation and/or possibly detention in immigration facility. As a direct outcome of not being identified, the trafficked persons are unaware of their rights and do not have access to assistance measures, which, according to the law, exist to support and assist them. The simple truth is that as long as the crime is not recognised, it cannot be investigated and prosecuted. HOW can I use this in practice? One can use the material in 4 different ways: • As a background information about existing international instruments and their relevance for law enforcement work (part I.) • As a practical tool with list of indicators, check lists and recommended questions for interviewing trafficked person (part II.) • As a training material for introduction into the issues of identification of trafficked people (part III.) • As a resource on national legislation and possibilities of referrals and recommended assistance to trafficked people (part IV.)
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