1. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children 1 Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children South Asia Sub-regional Cross Border Policy Dialogue Seminar on Human Trafficking Birgunj, Nepal (8-9 May 2003) STOP Child Trafficking A presentation by Anil Raghuvanshi International Labour Organization

2. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Trafficking is a process which leads to sexual and/or labour exploitation.

3. Destinations Middle East Hong Kong Internal Trafficking External Trafficking Middle East In-country Cross-border Other Countries STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children

4. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children After Trafficking Sexual Exploitation

5. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children After Trafficking Match-sticks & Fire-cracker Factory Workers

6. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children After Trafficking Construction Workers

7. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Other Areas Circus – mostly girls Embroidery factories – mostly boys Domestic work – mostly boys Organ transplant

8. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Rescue or Withdrawal? RESCUE: the act of saving somebody/something from a dangerous or difficult situation WITHDRAW: to move somebody/something back or away from a place or situation

9. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Removal of children (from the exploitative and hazardous forms of child labour Rehabilitation (shelter, food, medical, legal, psychosocial counselling support, education, training etc) Reintegration Withdrawal

10. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Withdrawal Process Information about the child Communication to parents Identification of the child Consent (from the parents/VDC) Police raid Remand homes Court procedure Repatriation Rehabilitation & Care facilities Reintegration

11. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Rights-based Withdrawal All Children have rights. Trafficked Children are not criminals. Children should be treated well. They should be allowed to take their belongings with them. Psychosocial counseling Rights to privacy Protection homes NOT the remand homes Involvement of special police Responsibilities of the host/transit country

12. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Next Steps Study on the withdrawal process/mechanism Identification of capacity building needs Capacity building of law enforcement agencies, institutions & organizations Inter-country Government/NGO level coordination and networking Withdrawal Repatriation Rehabilitation (including care and support facilities) Social Reintegration

13. STOP Child Trafficking Cross Border Trafficking: Withdrawal of the Trafficked Children Roles and Responsibilities Government Police Courts Human Rights Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations Workers’ Association Law Enforcement Agencies Media