The Council of Europe said the growth of human trafficking in Ukraine in recent years

The group of experts of the Council of Europe against trafficking in human beings (GRETA) said the growth of human trafficking in the square of Ukraine in recent years, noting that the current crisis in the country negatively affects the action on the battle With this phenomenon, according to the report, experts, published on the Internet representation GRETA on the last working day of the week.

" Since 2010 there has been a large increase in the number of trafficking victims among the population of Ukraine for labour exploitation ", - is said in the report, But the numbers are not given.

the specialists underline that the Ukrainian government has taken several major steps to make legal and institutional framework for combating trafficking in human beings ". However, according to GRETA, the funds allocated for the implementation of the national program to fight human trafficking " does not cover projected expenses. Experts asked the Ukrainian authorities " to develop in the future coordination With the competent civil society involved in the fight against human trafficking, and to increase the participation of NGOs and trade unions in the planning and implementation of state policy ".

" GRETA is deeply concerned about the negative consequences of the current decline in Ukraine in relation to action to fight human trafficking and the growing number of internally displaced persons, representing a group of residents who are vulnerable to this problem, " the report said.

the responses of the experts to resolve the issue of the Ukrainian authorities need to carry out more training for investigators, prosecutors and judges in order to ensure that the iniquity associated With human trafficking, effectively investigated and punished ".

first Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said that more than 270 thousand residents of Donbas have fled their homes Since the beginning of the force special operations. The FMS of Russia, for its part, informed that Since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine 814 thousand inhabitants of the country had entered and remained in Russia, about 130 thousand have applied for asylum.


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