http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52996
MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2014
Sudanese police free Eritreans from human trafficking gang
In a report issued last February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Sudanese
and Egyptian security officials of involvement in human trafficking, saying
that Egypt and Sudan are giving allegedly corrupt security officials a free
pass to work with traffickers.
“Victims said that Sudanese and Egyptian security officers facilitated
trafficker abuses rather than arresting them and rescuing their victims.”
the report said.
Last Month, Khartoum hosted a conference on human trafficking in the Horn
of Africa, organised by the African Union (AU), the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
and the Sudanese government. Fifteen countries and European Union
representatives attended the meeting, during which a joint strategy and
action plan to combat human trafficking was adopted.
Last January, the Sudanese parliament approved an anti-human trafficking
law which punishes those involved with human trafficking with up to 20
years imprisonment.
Sudan’s commissioner of refugees affairs, Hamad al-Gizouli, had previously
said that 102 human trafficking incident has been registered in Sudan
during 2013.
Eastern Sudan in particular is believed to be serving as a passage to
migrants from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia who seek to reach Europe with
the help of human smugglers.
(ST)
Received on Mon Nov 10 2014 - 18:18:56 EST