Australia says people smuggling on rise

Growing cross-border movements of people throughout the region is fueling a rise in human trafficking and people smuggling, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Tuesday.

Australia says people smuggling on the rise

Nusa Dua, Indonesia (dpa) – Growing cross-border movements of people throughout the region is fueling human trafficking and people smuggling, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Tuesday.

“People smugglers and human traffickers continue to thrive,” Carr told the Bali Process ministerial conference on people smuggling, trafficking in persons and other transnational crime in Bali, Indonesia.

Carr said the Asia-Pacific region played host to 9.5 people of concern to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, including refugees, internally displaced people and people without states.

About 700,000 people are trafficked annually in Asia and the International Labour Organization estimates more than 20 million people globally are victims of forced labour, Carr said.

Click here to continue reading.

Source: DPA.

Previous Article
Next Article

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *