Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (Ghana)
2022
- Author
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- World region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Origin of migration
- North Ghana
- Area of transit
- No data available
- Destination of migration
- Central and southern parts of Ghana
- Who is affected
- Boys, Girls, Women
- Type of climatic event
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Rapid-onset event, Slow-onset event
Droughts and floods.
- Type of migration/mobility
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Internal, Rural to urban
- Destination industry or sector
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Farming, Kayayie, Manual Labour, Mining
*Farms, mines, labour-intensive industries, kayayie, manual labourers
- Type of modern slavery
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Debt bondage, Forced labour, Forced marriage, Human trafficking
- Link between climate change, migration and modern slavery
- Direct
- Key vulnerability factors
- N/A
- 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
