[High Alert] Nepal Quake Victims Vulnerable to Human Traffickers

 Anu Joshi

We are getting reports of [individuals] pretending to go for rescuing and looking at people. This is the time when the brokers go in the name of relief to kidnap or lure women. We are distributing assistance to make people aware that someone might come to lure them,” said Sunita Danuwar, director of Shakti Samuha, an NGO in Kathmandu.

According to The Times of India, on May 4th, four Nepali children were rescued from the Raxaul border while they were being trafficked. Nepali administration is already stretched out to its limits, trying to provide relief aid to the affected areas - and this increases the vulnerability of the poor and uninformed people.

The US State Department has said the Nepalese government does not comply “with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking” but “ is making significant efforts to do so”.

Families and individuals in the villages where the destruction is severe will be an easy target to the human traffickers, as they are often tempted with offers of money and better prospects.

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Source: The Guardian