South Eastern Europe Young People's Voices on Child Trafficking: Experiences from South Eastern Europe

Project : Regional Office 5 Jan 2009 |

Published in December 2008, the new publication ‘Young People’s Voices’ contains a lot of recommendations for policy-makers in government.

Extract of the summary: “Mindful of the important contribution that young people can make to our understanding of the issues that concern them, in 2005 and 2006 UNICEF arranged for children and young people who had been trafficked while under 18 years of age, to be interviewed in their home countries. Interviews were conducted in Albania, Kosovo, Republic of Moldova and Romania. Each of the children and young people described their lives before recruitment, their experiences during exploitation, and how they got away from the traffickers. They also spoke of rebuilding their lives once they were free. The interviews formed part of a broader assessment of strategies to counter child trafficking in the region. (…)”

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The results of this assessment were published in August 2006 in a joint UNICEF / Terre des Hommes report written by Mike Dottridge, Action to prevent Child Trafficking in South Eastern Europe: A preliminary assessment. [VT]