President calls for firm action against human trafficking and forced labor

Professor Aaron Michael Ocquaye observed that human trafficking and forced labor were one of the most serious crimes against humanity committed in the modern era, with various negative consequences on the plane. socio-economic, legal and health.

Trafficking in human beings and forced labor, he said, is a global chancre that requires the implementation of concrete solutions to limit the threat.

Professor Mike Ocquaye, Speaker of Parliament, said these remarks when he officially opened Tuesday a workshop of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Associations (CPA UK) in partnership with the Ghanaian Parliament at the Palm Royal Beach hotels.

The three-day workshop explores the role of parliamentarians and clerks in Africa, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean in combating trafficking in human beings and forced labor.

Trafficking in human beings and forced labor, he said, undermine extended family ties, particularly in Africa, where this family system is widely practiced.

"The forced absence of women leads to the collapse of families and the neglect of children and the elderly.When children are trafficked, they undermine their personal development," he said. .

According to him, efforts are being made at the regional, subregional and national levels to combat trafficking in human beings and forced labor.

Among the measures put in place by the African Union (AU) to combat this phenomenon are prevention and awareness raising, institutional capacity building, training of criminal justice officials and protection centers. and rehabilitation for victims of trafficking.

President Mike Ocquaye revealed that Ghana's efforts to combat this crime included the creation of a secretariat for human trafficking to raise awareness of the reduction of all cases of trafficking.

According to him, a unit for combating human trafficking (AHTU) and a unit for combating human trafficking and human trafficking (AHSTIP) have been set up within the Ghana Police Service and Immigration Service of Ghana, as part of the anti-crime initiatives.

He indicated that the Ghana Ministry of Gender, Childhood and Social Welfare (MGCSP) had also developed a database of the national information system to track cases of trafficking in human beings. to measure progress in the fight against trafficking in human beings and forced labor.

Kate Osamor of the United Kingdom, in a brief remark, said that the fight against the plague of the exploitation affects the populations not only in Accra, but also in London and in all the cities of the world.

She said that it is important not only to inspire the next generation, but also to work hard to eradicate poverty and disease and lift people out of poverty because it is the only way out of poverty. one of the reasons young people face traffickers.