Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (Philippines)
2022
- Author
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- World region
- East Asia and Pacific
- Origin of migration
- Philippines
- Area of transit
- No data available
- Destination of migration
- No data available
- Who is affected
- No data available
- Type of climatic event
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Rapid-onset event
Typhoons frequently strike the Philippines, affecting local communities and migrant workers employed in the country. Both human trafficking and vulnerability to exploitation increase after disasters.
- Type of migration/mobility
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No data available
- Destination industry or sector
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No data available
- Type of modern slavery
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Human trafficking
- Link between climate change, migration and modern slavery
- Direct
- Key vulnerability factors
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Precariousness and low income exacerbate the negative effects of loss and damage caused by climate change events, increasing vulnerability to human trafficking.
- 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
