Human Trafficking and Labor Exploitation of Migrants

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Heidi Stöckl
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Labor Exploitation

scholarly journals Identifying Sexual and Labor Exploitation among Sheltered Youth Experiencing Homelessness: A Comparison of Screening Methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salina Mostajabian ◽  
Diane Santa Maria ◽  
Constance Wiemann ◽  
Elizabeth Newlin ◽  
Claire Bocchini
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Psychosocial Assessment ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Labor Exploitation

Human trafficking is a significant and growing public health concern. Subgroups of adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, especially youth who are unstably housed or homeless. While youth experiencing trafficking come into contact with the healthcare system, they are often not identified during routine assessment due to lack of specific inquiry and low disclosure. Therefore, we utilized a mixed-methods study design to assess the differences in the identification of human trafficking among youth experiencing homelessness (n = 129) between a standard psychosocial assessment tool and a human trafficking specific assessment tool. Findings indicate that the tool developed to specifically assess for human trafficking was more likely to identify youth experiencing sexual and labor exploitation, as well as the risk factors for human trafficking. Secondly, youth reported that mistrust of the system, fear of involving the police if reported, not wanting to interact with the mental healthcare system, and stigma are barriers to disclosing human trafficking. In conclusion, healthcare providers caring for youth experiencing homelessness should adopt improved screening tools for human trafficking to reduce the risk of missed opportunities for prevention and treatment among this high-risk population of youth.

Introduction: Diffusing the politics of human trafficking from Europe to Asia

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Laura A. Dean
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Policy Adoption ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
Palermo Protocol

The introduction examines the politicization of human trafficking in Eurasia and how these politics affect the policy adoption and implementation in this region. The chapter presents a definition for human trafficking and examine the scope and manifestations of the crime in source and destination countries of Eurasia. It discusses the adoption of the Palermo Protocol and explore the patterns of human trafficking dynamics across the region from Europe to Eurasia. Internal and external human trafficking constraints and different gendered and racialized approaches to trafficking policy that make ethnic minorities in the region more vulnerable to human trafficking are also discussed. Victim stereotypes perpetuated in the trafficking policies of Eurasia, have produced their own regional type of ideal victim ‘Natashas’ but increasingly men and children from this region are victims of labor exploitation suggesting that there are factors at play within these countries that encourage human trafficking.

scholarly journals The Trafficking Continuum: Service Providers’ Perspectives on Vulnerability, Exploitation, and Trafficking

Affilia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Schwarz ◽  
Daniel Alvord ◽  
Dorothy Daley ◽  
Megha Ramaswamy ◽  
Emily Rauscher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
Kansas City ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
A Chain

Much of the research on human trafficking focuses on the prosecution of traffickers and protection of survivors after the crime has occurred. Less is known about the social disparities that make someone vulnerable to trafficking. This project examines human trafficking from a preventive focus, using data from a case study of service providers working with at-risk populations in the Kansas City, MO-KS area. The research team conducted 42 in-depth interviews with service providers working in the medical, educational, legal, and social services sectors from 2013 to 2016. Participants identified risk factors that could make someone vulnerable to labor or sexual exploitation. These factors clustered into four key areas: economic insecurity, housing insecurity, education, and migration. The research findings also suggest that human trafficking may be driven by an accumulation of risk factors that move vulnerable persons closer to labor exploitation and sex trafficking, fitting with a chain-of-risk model. We propose a model that reconceives of trafficking as a continuum that includes a range of vulnerabilities, violence, and traumas. In order to address human trafficking, policy makers and advocates need to focus on upstream prevention factors to address vulnerabilities that can lead to sex and labor exploitation.

scholarly journals Modern Aspects of Human Trafficking in the Context of Labor Exploitation and Irregular Labor Migration in the Russian Federation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Ryazantsev ◽  
Irina S. Karabulatova ◽  
Sivoplyasova S. Yureevna ◽  
Pismennaya E. Evgenyevna ◽  
Manshin R. Vladimirovich
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
The Russian Federation

scholarly journals Structural Violence and Human Trafficking: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

1970 ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Kathleen Hamill
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
Migrant Domestic Workers

Human trafficking and its link to migrant domestic labor in the Arab region is acomplex, sensitive, and challenging issue. It raises numerous questions and demands further exploration. Under international law human trafficking consists of the recruitment, transfer, or receipt of human beings by coercive or deceptive means for purposes of exploitation. This legal definition is relevant to migrant domestic workers, and the present analysis seeks to address human trafficking for labor exploitation in particular. The primary objective is to identify and analyze the key factors that make migrant domestic workers vulnerable to human trafficking within the specific context of Lebanon. These key factors include the sponsorship system, the recruitment process, and the lack of labor protection and legal redress; each one will be addressed in turn.In the process, the present analysis will also highlight structural violence that subjects migrant women to systemic oppression and increases their vulnerability to human trafficking.

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