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Middle East & North Africa

News and Updates

United Arab Emirates Addresses Trafficking through Police Training
Seventy five per cent of human trafficking cases internationally involve women being forced into prostitution, an expert has said.

Sri Lankans in Difficult Jobs in Iraq
In Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east, where killings happen every day and work is nearly nonexistent, it doesn't take much to entice a man to leave.

Thai Women Probably Forced into Prostitution in Middle East
A suspected human trafficker has been arrested for allegedly luring women to the sex trade in the Middle East, police said.

Israeli Knesset Passes Human Trafficking Bill
In a unanimous vote on 17 October 2006, the Knesset approved a law to strengthen and broaden laws against human trafficking.

Russia and Israel Asked to Stop Human Trafficking
Israel and Russia are urged to work more closely together to prevent trafficking.

Human Trafficking in Bahrain
A significant number of human beings, including women, are trafficked into Bahrain.

UN Calls for Better Protection for Women Migrants
Governments worldwide must do more to protect a growing number of women from exploitation when they venture overseas to work and earn money for their families.

Thai Women Urged to Be Cautious
Thai women seeking well-paid jobs in Bahrain and South Africa have been urged to exercise caution as they risk falling into the hands of human traffickers who will force them into prostitution.

UNICEF Committee on the Rights of the Child: Child Trafficking Country Review
Focus on references to child trafficking in the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Women Leaders Gather in Israel to Combat Crime of Trafficking¹
An impressive array of female leaders from throughout the world recently gathered in Haifa to address a host of common concerns, including a problem that is becoming a world-wide plague: trafficking in human beings.

Foreign Workers Begin to Protest in UAE¹
The Al Hamed construction labor camp is a hardscrabble jumble of battered trailers, where 7,800 laborers sleep, cook meals, and kneel to pray in an outdoor pavilion of corrugated tin.

Expert on Trafficking in Persons Ends Visit to Lebanon
Sigma Huda, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, made the following statement to media in Beirut on 15 September 2005 at the end of a visit to Lebanon: Permit me first of all to thank the Government for inviting me to Lebanon.