Sudan hands over to its families more than 80 child victims of human trafficking – Sudan

July 28, 2018 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (NCCHT) announced Friday that 80 children, victims of human trafficking, have been sent back to their families.

Ismail Tirab, vice president of the NCCHT The children were handed over to their families in the refugee camps and their places of residence, noting that many of them were integrated into their communities. # 39; home.

He added that the NCCHT continues to search for the families of other victims "

" We provide health care and food to these children in cooperation with local and international aid groups ", he added

. Tirab pointed out that traffickers of human beings have been brought to justice and their trial is ongoing.

Last week, the NCCHT declared that it would develop a national strategy to fight human trafficking and that it would activate the

Earlier in the month, the government of the Kbadala State, in eastern Sudan, said the police had released 139 victims of human trafficking

. in the Gaili Forest, in the eastern plains of Butana, Gedaref State

In March this year, Sudanese police arrested 177 human traffickers, including 27 women, in the capital Khartoum

. managed to release 95 victims of trafficking as a result of an exchange of gunfire with the perpetrators.

Between January 1 and 31, 2018, 1,184 people arrived in Italy by sea, representing 28% of the illegal migrants who arrived in the first month. year. They have all crossed the Mediterranean from Libya.

During the same period, 126 Sudanese have crossed over to Italy, according to UNHCR

Sudan is considered a country of origin and transit for illegal migration and human trafficking. 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 combat illegal migration and human trafficking

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