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Attempts to prevent human trafficking worsen the conditions of migrant volunteers, the researchers say in this weeks BMJ. Their concerns are based on studies conducted between 2000 and 2002 among child migrants in Mali and Vietnamese sex workers in Cambodia. A survey of nearly 1,000 migrants in Mali found that only four had been deceived, exploited and not paid for their work. Rather, young people voluntarily sought employment abroad to experience urban lifestyles, learn new languages, and accumulate assets.said in interviews and discussions with 100 Vietnamese women were tricked into sex work, with only six. Most knew before they left Vietnam that they would work in the sex trade, and some showed clear ambition to travel and economic incentives for independent living. In
Mali and Cambodia, intermediaries often assist safe migration, or measures against trafficking in human beings not to use between a tractor with the intention and the difference between a broker, a young immigrant journey and search for a job easier.These measures force migrants to rely on corrupt officials and use of clandestine routes, which increases the risk of abuse and exploitation, the authors say. It is common that in both settings migrants have suffered hardship and abuse, but current methods of fighting the traffic does not contribute to their problems, they write. These studies demonstrate that a more flexible and realistic approach to migration of youth work is needed, they conclude. Contact: Joanna busz, Center for Population Studies, London School of Hygieneand Tropical Medicine, London, UK Email: Joanna.buszalshtm.ac.
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