The government of The Gambia has been urged to strengthen the country’s border security to prevent transit of boys and girls that are recruited and exploited in the sex and labour market.
The call was made when officials of the National Agency against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) and civil society organisations (CSOs) deliberated on human trafficking in the country.
Development Diaries learnt that the anti-trafficking agency met with the CSOs to discuss the role they could play in the fight against human trafficking in The Gambia.
Executive Director of NAATIP, Tulai Ceesay, said that the agency had partnered with state and non-state actors to conduct border tours.
A member of the Centre for Street Children and Child trafficking Studies, Hamidou Jallow, emphasised the importance of concealing the identity of victims.
For his part, a senior lawyer Bafo Jeng noted that trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants are considered crimes under the United Nations.
He said that The Gambia’s porous borders have, for a long time, contributed to the active transit of boys and girls mainly from West African countries that were recruited and exploited in the sex and labour market.
Source: Foroyaa
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