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July 16, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan's Higher Committee against Trafficking in Human Beings announced that it would develop a national anti-trafficking strategy and that it would activate existing laws to counter this phenomenon in accordance with established international standards.
A meeting chaired by Vice President Hbadabo Mohamed Abdel-Rahman on Sunday, the committee discussed legal frameworks to combat human trafficking in addition to the humanitarian and social effects of the phenomenon.
At the meeting, Attorney General Omer Ahmed Mohamed reviewed the report prepared by the Legal Subcommittee on relevant legislation and the distinction between illegal migration, asylum, trafficking in human beings and smuggling.
He highlighted the measures of protection of victims as well as the procedures of accommodation, return of victims and statistical methods for crimes and lawsuits.
The Attorney General also mentioned the basics and controls of For his part, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abel-Ghani al-Nai'im, said that the meeting agreed to develop a national strategy against trafficking in human beings. and launching partnerships with regional and international anti-trafficking organizations.
Sudan is considered a country of origin and transit for illegal migration and trafficking in human beings. Thousands of Eritreans and Ethiopians cross the border each month to travel to Europe via Libya or Egypt.
In January 2014, the Sudanese parliament approved a law against trafficking in persons that punishes those involved in trafficking in human beings. In 1965, Khartoum organized a conference on human trafficking in the Horn of Africa, organized by the African Union (AU), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Sudanese Government.
The East African nation has also forged a strategic partnership with several European countries and the EU to fight against illegal migration and human trafficking.
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