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Re/integration of trafficked persons: how can our work be more effective? Issue Paper 3

Document number
2367
Date
2010
Title
Re/integration of trafficked persons: how can our work be more effective? Issue Paper 3
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 refers to the process of recovery involving economic and social inclusion following a trafficking experience. This inclusion is multifaceted and must take place in social, cultural and economic arenas. Given the complexity of the re/integration process, it is particularly important that efforts are made to monitor and evaluate programmes in order to assess whether re/integration has been achieved as well as how to more effectively work toward re/integration of trafficked persons. The dearth of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) information on antitrafficking assistance in general and re/integration work more specifically constitutes a significant gap in efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Unless re/integration programmes are monitored and evaluated on a regular and on-going basis, service providers, policy makers and donors are without the information needed to design, adjust and implement effective programmes and policies. This paper explores issues related to the M&E of anti-trafficking re/ integration programmes and, as such, aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on this subject. It is the third in a series of issue-based papers focusing on the re/integration of trafficked persons, developed in the context of the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) Trafficking Victims Re/ integration Programmes (TVRP) in South-eastern Europe (SEE).
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