Mongolia, USA work together to combat human trafficking
The training in the Mongolian capital was designed to help the officers better understand the crime of trafficking in persons within a human rights framework.
The Consular Department of Mongolia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, organized a pre-departure training on human trafficking for 31 Mongolian consular officers. The training in the Mongolian capital was designed to help the officers better understand the crime of trafficking in persons within a human rights framework – enabling them to identify victims and offer better protection to Mongolian nationals abroad. It will also help them to process suspect applications for Mongolian visas. The US State Department’s 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report classifies Mongolia as a “Tier 2” country that is making significant efforts to eliminate human trafficking but needs to do more. It notes that Mongolian victims of forced labor have been identified in Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Israel. The training was an excellent forum for the participants to discuss how to identify trafficked people in an effective and timely manner by looking at their profiles and learning from case studies about various forms of trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labor. It will also help them to spot signs of potential trafficking during the visa application process.
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