Deal To Combat Unbridled Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is an alarming global issue and traffickers are very active in many parts of the world. They have a strong network across the world among them who are staying in various countries and routes. The issue has come to limelight when they killed 30 migrant workers including 26 Bangladeshis in Libya and in this connection the police has already been arrested a local kingpin of the gang in Bangladesh. Many illegal migrant workers died in boat capsize at Mediterranean Sea in the same issue in recent years when the traffickers tried to send them in Europe.
Similarly, Rohingya refugees staying in Bangladesh is a big target of the traffickers and they are luring them in various ways to offer a lucrative life in Malaysia and Europe. Male and female workers also from Bangladesh aspiring to work abroad are becoming victims of trafficking to Malaysia through ‘risky’ sea routes by boats.
Bangladesh is a source and transit point of men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. A significant share of Bangladesh’s trafficking victims are men recruited for work overseas with fraudulent employment offers who are subsequently exploited under conditions of forced labor or debt bondage. Women and children from Bangladesh are also trafficked to India for commercial sexual exploitation.
It has been reported that vulnerable Bangladeshi children, women and men became victims of human traffickers for different reasons and these people are trafficked through various routes, like sea, air, land etc. A report found that 2.5 lakh Bangladeshi fortune-seekers have been lured into the trap of trafficking through sea route in the last 8 years. Campaigners for protecting migrants’ rights expressed concern over the issue though the authorities in the government. Our government should pay heed to the issue seriously and tightly deal to combat the unbridled human trafficking.
Md. Zillur Rahaman
Gandaria, Dhaka.
