International Organization for Migration to coordinate counter trafficking efforts in Mongolia
Key parties met in Ulaanbaatar to discuss the challenges facing implementation of Mongolia’s National Action Plan (NAP) to combat human trafficking.
International Organization for Migration to work to coordinate counter trafficking efforts in Mongolia. Senior government officials, representatives of relevant line ministries, civil society partners and international agencies met in Ulaanbaatar to discuss the challenges facing implementation of Mongolia’s National Action Plan (NAP) to combat human trafficking. The annual consultative meeting, which was co-funded by the European Union’s European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), is part of a project run by the UN Migration Agency, IOM, with local project partners, the Mongolian Gender and Equity Centre (MGEC) and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT). The workshop provided recommendations for more efficient NAP implementation and that will be endorsed by the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs and then shared with government departments, law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations and the general public. Trafficking in persons is a major concern in Mongolia, which the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2017 describes as “a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking.” It categorizes Mongolia as “a Tier 2 country that does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so.” The TIP report points to the continued development of the mining industry in the south of the country and it led to an increase in internal and international migration, increasing the risk of trafficking, particularly along the China-Mongolian border.
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