New Anti-trafficking Program Launched in the Kyrgyz Republic
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) opened a new USAID-funded anti-trafficking program in Kyrgyzstan. This project is a follow-up to USAID’s project Combating Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution (Legislation) implemented by Winrock International and completed in December 2005. As part of a larger, regional program, IOM will continue to cooperate with NGOs in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, to disseminate information on the risks of human trafficking and illegal migration, organize and facilitate trainings with target populations, and provide assistance to victims of trafficking. In cooperation with partner NGOs, IOM will facilitate victims’ return to and re-integration in their home countries; health care; and legal assistance to the trafficked persons from the moment they are released in their destination countries through their return home. To improve their ability to find jobs in local markets, victims will receive vocational training.
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The opening ceremony on February 16, 2006, was attended by NGO leaders
from all regions of the Kyrgyz Republic
Photo Credit: IOM |
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