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The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs. Executive Summary

Document number
2287
Date
2009
Title
The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs. Executive Summary
Author/publisher
Jacqueline Bhabha and Christina Alfirev, LEGAL AND PROTECTION POLICY RESEARCH SERIES, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports, Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Assistance, Residence permit, Reintegration, Social assistance, Rehabilitation, Reflection period, Repatriation; Return; Redress, Protection, Social inclusion; Residence permit;
Summary
This study analyzes the effectiveness of two sets of current legal provisions relevant to the protection of internationally trafficked persons: first, identification and referral mechanisms for victims of trafficking, and second, international protection mechanisms including child specific measures, which grant legal immigration status to certain groups of non citizens. The study documents, for each of the 10 countries investigated, national anti-trafficking legislation and laws providing for asylum and other forms of international protection, such as subsidiary or humanitarian protection. It draws on both official government data and independent research by scholars and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field. In addition to pre-existing data, the study also incorporates new information specifically collected for this research, including data derived from a questionnaire sent to respondents, and phone interviews with government counter-trafficking officials, international organizations (IO), particularly UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and representatives from NGOs
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