Literature Review: Trafficking in Humanitarian Emergencies
- Document number
- 1933
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- Literature Review: Trafficking in Humanitarian Emergencies
- Author/publisher
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Trafficking process, Recruitment, Transportation, Transit, Transfer, Consent, Palermo protocol; Definition of (trafficking), Root Causes, Risk Groups, Vulnerability, Pull factors, Push factors, Sending/Receiving countries,
- Summary
- Attempts to understand the impact that humanitarian emergencies can have on the problem of human trafficking are still in a nascent stage. Continued attention is necessary to understand the long-term effects of natural disasters and their implications for human trafficking, as well as the long-term effectiveness of donor intervention programs and the role that donor countries can play within the human trafficking phenomena. In addition, this review revealed that further research is necessary to document the impact of humanitarian emergencies on trafficking and uncover good practices from previous interventions. Existing frameworks for the prevention of exploitation, such as those documented by several NGOs after the tsunami, could be used to set up model programs in post-disaster situations. Lastly, organizations working in post-conflict settings could adapt guidelines and best practices developed to prevent exploitation in all its forms in conflict settings to humanitarian emergency operations, regardless of whether these programs are directed explicitly at trafficking prevention and protection.
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