Don't get stuck in trafficking
Are you forced to stay in a place against your will?
Are you not free to go where you want?
Are you threatened, monitored, or controlled in your movements? Are you unable to manage your documents, money, and time?
Are you being watched?
Are you scared and don’t know who to talk to?
Do you receive threats? Is violence used against you? Do you work and not receive adequate compensation?
Does your work schedule not include breaks, rest periods, or holidays?
Is your workplace dangerous, and are you not provided with safety equipment?
Is the place where you work unsanitary or degraded?
Are you subjected to strict or violent supervision?
Do you know what human trafficking is?
Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. Perpetrators impose their will on the victims by exploiting their helplessness and using means of pressure, through violence or deception. This exploitation is illegal even if the victim consents. People are bought and sold and mainly exploited in the markets of prostitution, begging, illegal labor, and organ trafficking.
It is a serious violation of fundamental human rights It takes away the right to freedom and self-determination The first step to emancipation and freedom is awareness
Questions & Answers
Who is the migrant?
It is a person who moves from their own Country to improve their life’s conditions.
Who is the irregular migrant?
A person who doesn’t have any kind of residence permit because they entered the territory of a Country evading checks at the border or stayed in the Country with an expired tourist or work visa permit.
Who is the refugee?
It is a person who, for political, but also economic and social reasons is forced to leave the Country in which he is a citizen and where he resides, to seek shelter in a foreign country.
What is smuggling?
The term refers to “facilitation of illegal immigration.” In this situation, migrants turn directly to criminal organizations to facilitate their migration. They invest their own capital, accumulated through savings or selling their belongings, or by borrowing from friends and family with the promise of repayment. Migrants purchase transportation services along with documents. Once they reach their destination, their relationship with the traffickers ends.
What is trafficking?
This is the actual phenomenon of human trafficking. Victims are recruited directly by traffickers through the use of violence or deception. Once stripped of their identity documents and reduced to a state of slavery, the victims are bought and sold, and exploited primarily in the markets of prostitution, begging, illegal labor, and human organ trafficking.
What is sexual exploitation?
The exploitation in sex work occurs when the incomes of the activity do not go to the sex workers themselves, but to a third party: the so-called protector (the
What is forced labour?
Any work or service demanded of an individual under the threat of punishment, for which the individual has not offered themselves voluntarily. It refers to situations where people are forced to work through the use of violence or intimidation, or by more subtle means such as manipulated debt, withholding identity documents, or the threat of reporting to immigration authorities.
What is the gangmaster system?
It is an activity concentrated in the hands of organized crime, aimed at exploiting the labor of farmworkers, although similar phenomena also occur in construction, commerce, and the restaurant industry.
What is gender violence?
It involves all forms of violence, from psychological and physical to sexual or economic, including stalking, rape, and even murder, and affects individuals discriminated against based on gender.
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