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Re/integration of trafficked persons: how can our work be more effective? Issue Paper 1

Document number
1959
Date
2008
Title
Re/integration of trafficked persons: how can our work be more effective? Issue Paper 1
Author/publisher
Rebecca Surtees, Nexus Institute to Combat Human Trafficking
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Victims (of trafficking), Trafficked persons, Criminal proceedings; Legal assistance, Civil Law Suit, Human trafficking cases, Compensation, National Referral Mechanisms; Victim support services; Restitution; Remuneration; Individual complaint mechanisms; Assistance, Residence permit, Reintegration, Social assistance, Rehabilitation, Reflection period, Repatriation; Return; Redress, Protection, Social inclusion; Residence permit;
Summary

Re/integration is among the more complicated aspects of assistance and protection for trafficked persons. It requires substantial support in the long term to ensure that victims are able to become independent but, at the same time, is complicated by the fact that many of the conditions which originally led to trafficking are unresolved. Obstacles to sustainable recovery and re/integration are myriad and often specific to the socio-cultural, economic or political situation in the country. This paper is the first of a series that will shed light on good practices in the area of re/integration as well as important lessons learned from the day to day re/integration work of Foundation’s Trafficking Victims Reintegration Programme partner organisations in five countries of Southeast Europe.

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