Perspectives of victim service agencies on successes and challenges in trafficking victim (re)integration in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region

This report published by the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) and World Vision International presents the outcomes from a series of national-level forums in each of the GMS countries. The forums brought together hundreds of victim service practitioners as part of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiate Against Trafficking (COMMIT) Region-wide (Re)Integration Initiative. The analysis uncovered seven underlying themes:

• Issue 1 - Victims are not being identified
• Issue 2 - There is a lack of clarity regarding the definition of 'successful (re)integration'
• Issue 3 - Services to male victims of trafficking are lacking
• Issue 4 - Economic assistance being provided, including vocational training, is often not related to the actual economic environment into which victims are being repatriated
• Issue 5 - Psychosocial support, especially to address trauma, needs to be strengthened
• Issue 6 - Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are needed to strengthen practitioner capacity to provide effective (re)integration assistance
• Issue 7 - Cooperation between government agencies, governments and NGOs, as well as between NGOs needs to be strengthened, especially for (re)integration of cross-border cases

Read the full report here