ICMPD-Review-2015
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<strong>ICMPD</strong> Annual Report <strong>2015</strong><br />
40<br />
Capacity Building<br />
Human Trafficking:<br />
Balancing Protection<br />
and Prosecution<br />
Balancing victim protection and prosecution<br />
of traffickers is central to our work. In <strong>2015</strong>,<br />
we engaged strongly in the fight against<br />
new forms of trafficking and exploitation.<br />
To better understand the protection needs of vulnerable<br />
groups at risk of trafficking, <strong>ICMPD</strong> conducted<br />
new research in <strong>2015</strong>. Our study Targeting Vulner a bilities,<br />
conducted in Syria and its neighbouring countries,<br />
shed light on different forms of the exploitation<br />
of refugees. We found that Syrian refugees are often<br />
trafficked or exploited because they lack alternatives<br />
to meet their basic needs. Affected people, whatever<br />
their legal migration status, must not fall between the<br />
cracks of our protection frameworks.<br />
A victim-centred approach in combating human<br />
trafficking requires good national and transnational<br />
cooperation, interagency coordination and a multistakeholder<br />
approach to victim care.<br />
<strong>ICMPD</strong> con ducted assessments of national referral<br />
mecha nisms in Albania and Bosnia & Herzegovina,<br />
and made recommendations on how to strengthen<br />
victim protection processes. We did similar work in<br />
Sweden, supporting government agencies in developing<br />
the first fully-fledged Transnational Referral<br />
Mechanism for victims. In Brazil, we developed<br />
guide lines and standard operating procedures for<br />
migrant assistance centres at their land borders<br />
and delivered training on victim identification and<br />
integration measures.<br />
At a regional level, <strong>ICMPD</strong> continued to serve as<br />
secretariat for the national anti-trafficking coordinators<br />
from Southeastern Europe, the so-called<br />
‘Brdo Process Group’. We supported cooperation<br />
and exchange of information between them by<br />
hosting their bi-annual meetings.<br />
Prosecuting Traffickers<br />
Our focus on the protection of vulnerable groups<br />
and trafficked people was balanced with our activities<br />
to develop the capacities and tools neces sary<br />
to effectively prosecute traffickers.<br />
One strategic tool in the fight against human<br />
trafficking, which identifies and prioritises crime
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