IOM EU Cross-Region Seminar on Reintegration of Victims of Trafficking

17.11.22: Trafficking in persons (TiP) is a persistent crime that targets people of all genders and ages and is present globally, regardless of whether countries are places of origin, transit, destination, or a combination of all three. 

Samuel Hall’s Senior Research Manager,Rebecca Frischkorn, had the opportunity to present findings from our research at the Cross-Region Seminar on Reintegration of Victims of trafficking, organised under the framework of the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), funded by the European Union, in collaboration with the IOM’s Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships to Achieve Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) programme.

The seminar discussed challenges facing and opportunities for sustainable reintegration of VoTs. Financial instability, stigmatisation, inadequate information and mental health issues are the key factors in inducing further vulnerability.  There is a need for systemised monitoring of data of trafficked victims. The new Monitoring Toolkit developed by Samuel Hall for IOM will help identify factors that affect trafficking survivors' reintegration through three key dimensions - economic, social and psychosocial.