Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 02:29:16 +0100
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Ethiopia
*OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS*
*2014 Trafficking in Persons Report
<http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2014/index.htm>*
*Tier 2*
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*Ethiopia is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination and transit
country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and
sex trafficking. Girls from Ethiopia’s rural areas are exploited in
domestic servitude and, less frequently, prostitution within the country,
while boys are subjected to forced labor in traditional weaving, herding,
guarding, and street vending. The central market in Addis Ababa is home to
the largest collection of brothels in Africa, with girls as young as
8-years-old in prostitution in these establishments. Ethiopian girls are
forced into domestic servitude and prostitution outside of Ethiopia,
primarily in Djibouti, South Sudan, and in the Middle East. Ethiopian boys
are subjected to forced labor in Djibouti as shop assistants, errand boys,
domestic workers, thieves, and street beggars. Young people from Ethiopia’s
vast rural areas are aggressively recruited with promises of a better life
and are likely targeted because of the demand for cheap domestic labor in
the Middle East.*
*Many young Ethiopians transit through Djibouti, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, or
Yemen as they emigrate seeking work in the Middle East; some become
stranded and exploited in these transit countries, and are subjected to
detention, extortion, and severe abuses—some of which include forced labor
and sex trafficking—while en route to their final destinations. Young women
are subjected to domestic servitude throughout the Middle East, as well as
in Sudan and South Sudan. Many Ethiopian women working in domestic service
in the Middle East face severe abuses, including physical and sexual
assault, denial of salary, sleep deprivation, withholding of passports,
confinement, and even murder. Ethiopian women are sometimes exploited in
the sex trade after migrating for labor purposes—particularly in brothels,
mining camps, and near oil fields in Sudan and South Sudan—or after fleeing
abusive employers in the Middle East. Low-skilled Ethiopian men and boys
migrate to Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and other African nations, where
some are subjected to forced labor. In October 2013, the Ethiopian
government banned overseas labor recruitment. Preceding the ban, Ministry
of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) officials reported that up to 1,500
Ethiopians departed daily as part of the legal migration process. Officials
estimated this likely represented only 30 to 40 percent of those migrating
for work; the remaining 60 to 70 percent were smuggled with the
facilitation of illegal brokers. Brokers serve as the primary recruiters in
rural areas. Over 400 employment agencies were licensed to recruit
Ethiopians for work abroad; however, government officials acknowledged many
to be involved in both legal and illegal recruitment, leading to the
government’s ban on labor export. Following the ban, irregular labor
migration through Sudan is believed to have increased. Eritreans residing
in Ethiopia-based refugee camps, some of whom voluntarily migrate out of
the camps, and others who are lured or abducted from the camps, face
situations of human trafficking in Sudan and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.*
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*continuation to be read on the below link or open the attachment........*
*http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2014/226721.htm
<http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2014/226721.htm>*
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