Friday Focus : Protecting The Victims Of Human Trafficking
Try to imagine it, just for a moment.
Imagine that you were a young girl or boy born into poverty or in a country torn apart by conflict or both. Imagine that you’d lost family members due to violence or malnutrition or the inevitable weariness from a lifetime of hard knocks and little hope.
Imagine that your dreams were about escaping that place and building a better life for yourself.
Navi Pillay is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Credit to the United Nations.
Imagine that you made the mistake of trusting the wrong person because they told you they could make that dream come true for you. Imagine the desperation to believe that some one, anyone actually cares what happens to you.
Imagine the incomprehension and the fear when you realize that person has betrayed you and you’re trapped.
You’ve been bought and sold and trafficked.
