By Marc Mcilhone / In Featured, Humanitarian
IOM and the Djiboutian Public Prosecutor in charge of
trafficking issues this week trained a group of 75 officers from Djibouti’s
national police, gendarmerie and coast guard in combating human trafficking.
The course, supported by the Government of Japan and
IOM’s Development Fund, is part of an on-going effort launched in 2010 to
enhance the capacity of local authorities to address the challenges posed by
piracy, smuggling and trafficking of migrants in the Horn of Africa.
“The perception used to be was that irregular migrants
were travelling willingly from their country of origin to the Gulf States and
Europe. But increasingly migrants, in particular women, are being held by
smugglers against their will, abused and exploited. This needs to be addressed
urgently,” said IOM Djibouti Chief of Mission Bakary Doumbia.
IOM plans to release a new assessment of trafficking in
Djibouti later this month.
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