Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (Bangladesh)
2022
- Author
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- World region
- South Asia
- Origin of migration
- Sundarbans
- Area of transit
- No data available
- Destination of migration
- Dhaka, Kolkata, Overseas
- Who is affected
- Individuals from disaster-affected communities
- Type of climatic event
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Rapid-onset event
Floods, cyclones.
- Type of migration/mobility
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Cross-border, Internal, Rural to urban
- Destination industry or sector
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Fisheries and factories
- Type of modern slavery
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Child slavery, Debt bondage, Forced labour, Human trafficking
- Link between climate change, migration and modern slavery
- Direct
- Key vulnerability factors
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Precariousness is exacerbated by the effects of climate change. Financial need and vulnerability is exploited by human traffickers, who operate systematically in the region. Migrants who migrate to urban areas often lack of networks and support when they reach their destination, making them vulnerable to forms of modern slavery.
- Summary
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This source demonstrates how climate change heightens vulnerability to human trafficking, using examples from the Philippines, Bangladesh, the Caribbean Islands and Ghana. It notes that no systematic global analysis has been conducted to assess the impact of climate change on human trafficking.
- Recommendations
- N/A
