Rehabilitation of the Trafficked Victims

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ABSTRACT THEME-REHABILITATION OF TRAFFICKED VICTIMS: CHALLENGES REHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND REPATRIATION OF TRAFFICKED VICTIMS: CHALLENGES AND MEASURES TO COMBAT THE EFFECTS Trafficking of women and children, violating basic human rights is an organized sensitive global crime. Trafficking at its core, is reducing human beings to property and exercising absolute control by means of violence and exploitation over that “property”. It is fraught with myriad complexities because the victims comprise “the hidden population”, those from commercial sex industry, factories, hotel businesses, domestic workers, beggars, victims of ritual servitude etc. Findings suggest trafficking causes short and long term irreversible personal traumas which can be divided into three main categories: physical, psychological and behavioural damages. In many countries, trafficked victims are denied legal residence status and may be subjected to deportation, even before they get to participate in the criminal process or to demand compensation. They often have no identification or verification documents for travel and therefore, face many problems, including being unable to return to their home countries. Rehabilitation becomes the focus once a woman or child is rescued. Rehabilitation not only includes providing post-traumatic recoveries but also includes prevention of Re-victimization and Repatriation. The most challenging aspect of addressing human trafficking is identifying the victims. Additionally, the effects of such prolonged abuse necessitate wider range of tailored rehabilitation measures based on needs and damages suffered by the survivor. This paper provides a brief understanding of trafficking and the harm done by it which makes it easier to figure out what rehabilitation measures must be taken to reintegrate the victims into the society. Thereafter, this paper seeks to
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