What are some of the reasons for people being trafficking?

 Traffickers can be influential people in the community known to be 'helping people to get jobs abroad. They can be business owners, known companies, or other workers with management roles in a business. Traffickers can also be the victims’ families or legal guardians, including parents, uncles, spouses, and intimate partners. In short, the victims are in vulnerable relations with their traffickers and trust them to begin with

People can be made vulnerable in many ways, depending on their origins. Thus, the different social, political, economic, family and cultural elements must be recognised.

There are multiple push factors: 

· The dream of a better life

· War

· Poverty

· Corruption

· Lack of education

· Lack of opportunities

· Unemployment

· Lack of access to healthcare

· Gender violence

· Global warming and natural disasters cause the displacement of millions

It is worth remembering that vulnerable people are only vulnerable to being trafficked because profit globally remains a driving factor. Therefore, there is a market that, both directly and indirectly, creates and supports the exploitation of human beings.