These are pictures from an email i got, they supposed to be funny and mocking these people and their ideas of hiding to go inside a country.
It was not funny at all, what's fun in seeing people squashing like that in a car for who knows how many hours ? A lot may die because of this .
We hear lots of stories like these here in Saudi Arabia of people who are left to die by their smugglers when they couldn't move anymore or were too sick to go ahead. Lots of pictures of dead unknown bodies are published weekly in our newspapers.
The UNODC say that (Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transfering, harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims ) .
Some of these people fall in the hand of organized crimes and work for them, especially women and kids.
While some look for a better life than the one they have at home by asking the smugglers to transfer them to another country for a certain amount of money which is called smuggling , others are kidnapped or lied about and promised with jobs and better incomes to fall later on in the hand of these organization and that is the human trafficking.
This article from Wikipedia state that :
Victims are sometimes tricked and lured by false promises or are physically forced. Some traffickers coerce or manipulate victims and use deception, intimidation,feigned love, isolation, threats and physical force, and debt bondage.
Trafficking is a lucrative industry. In some areas, like Russia, Eastern Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and Colombia, trafficking is controlled by large criminal organizations. However, the majority of trafficking is done by networks of smaller groups that each specialize in a certain area, like recruitment, transportation, advertising, or retail. This is very profitable because little start-up capital is needed, and prosecution is relatively rare.
Trafficked people are usually the most vulnerable and powerless minorities in a region. They often come from the poorer areas where opportunities are limited, they often are ethnic minorities, and they often are displaced persons such as runaways or refugees, though they may come from any social background, class or race.
Although there are many victims that are from a vulnerable and powerless minority in a region, the victims can be from anywhere. There is no particular type of victim of human trafficking. Often people tend to think that they are from poor countries but in fact they can be from a very well-to-do family in the U.S. This type of crime occurs in such a way that many times people do not even notice, much less grasp the depth of the issue.
Women in dire circumstances are particularly targeted by traffickers, especially for the sex industry . Criminals exploit lack of opportunities, promises of good jobs or opportunities for work or study, and then force the victims to become prostitutes. Through agents and brokers who arrange the travel and job placements, women are escorted to their destinations and delivered to the employers. Upon reaching their destinations, some women learn that they have been deceived about the nature of the work they will do; most have been lied to about the financial arrangements and conditions of their employment and find themselves in coercive or abusive situations from which escape is both difficult and dangerous .
Trafficking of children often involves exploitation of the parents' extreme poverty. Parents may sell children to traffickers in order to pay off debts or gain income, or they may be deceived concerning the prospects of training and a better life for their children. In West Africa, trafficked children have often lost one or both parents to the African AIDS crisis . Thousands of male (and sometimes female) children have been forced to be child soldiers. In the U.S. Department of Justice 07-08 study, more than 30% of the total number of trafficking cases for that year were children coerced into the sex industry.
The adoption process, legal and illegal, when abused can sometimes result in cases of trafficking of babies and pregnant women between the West and the developing world.
Thousands of children from Asia, Africa, and South America are sold into the global sex trade every year. Often they are kidnapped or orphaned, and sometimes they are actually sold by their own families.
Men are also at risk of being trafficked for unskilled work predominantly involving forced labor which globally generates $31bn according to the International Labor Organization .Other forms of trafficking include forced marriage and domestic servitude.
An eye opening article, worth reading here.
Have we looked closely at those around us and see who have been here legally and those been trafficked and smuggled. Have we looked beneath the surface !!!
So many times i think what would have happened to us if we did runaway, thank god it was not a complete mission.
Trafficked people are usually the most vulnerable and powerless minorities in a region. They often come from the poorer areas where opportunities are limited, they often are ethnic minorities, and they often are displaced persons such as runaways or refugees, though they may come from any social background, class or race.
Although there are many victims that are from a vulnerable and powerless minority in a region, the victims can be from anywhere. There is no particular type of victim of human trafficking. Often people tend to think that they are from poor countries but in fact they can be from a very well-to-do family in the U.S. This type of crime occurs in such a way that many times people do not even notice, much less grasp the depth of the issue.
Women in dire circumstances are particularly targeted by traffickers, especially for the sex industry . Criminals exploit lack of opportunities, promises of good jobs or opportunities for work or study, and then force the victims to become prostitutes. Through agents and brokers who arrange the travel and job placements, women are escorted to their destinations and delivered to the employers. Upon reaching their destinations, some women learn that they have been deceived about the nature of the work they will do; most have been lied to about the financial arrangements and conditions of their employment and find themselves in coercive or abusive situations from which escape is both difficult and dangerous .
As for trafficking children it says,
Trafficking of children often involves exploitation of the parents' extreme poverty. Parents may sell children to traffickers in order to pay off debts or gain income, or they may be deceived concerning the prospects of training and a better life for their children. In West Africa, trafficked children have often lost one or both parents to the African AIDS crisis . Thousands of male (and sometimes female) children have been forced to be child soldiers. In the U.S. Department of Justice 07-08 study, more than 30% of the total number of trafficking cases for that year were children coerced into the sex industry.
The adoption process, legal and illegal, when abused can sometimes result in cases of trafficking of babies and pregnant women between the West and the developing world.
Thousands of children from Asia, Africa, and South America are sold into the global sex trade every year. Often they are kidnapped or orphaned, and sometimes they are actually sold by their own families.
Men are also at risk of being trafficked for unskilled work predominantly involving forced labor which globally generates $31bn according to the International Labor Organization .Other forms of trafficking include forced marriage and domestic servitude.
An eye opening article, worth reading here.
Have we looked closely at those around us and see who have been here legally and those been trafficked and smuggled. Have we looked beneath the surface !!!
So many times i think what would have happened to us if we did runaway, thank god it was not a complete mission.
Wow, powerful pictures. I've heard of people dying while being smuggled. Too many people crammed into tight places or else suffocating in a small area. Mostly Mexicans trying to come to the US illegally. What a shame. :(
BalasHapusit's a shame that we only can see them as people trying to get into our countries not human beings, rarly do we humanize the matter. it's always numbers. Its' so sad indeed dear .
BalasHapus