Work unitedly to stop trafficking
Sahara urges both source and destination countries
Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday said human trafficking cannot be combated effectively due to structural weaknesses and interests of different quarters.
A section was involved in the crime by cheating workers in the name of sending them abroad, she said.
Sahara was addressing the inaugural session of a meeting on “National consultation on draft comprehensive law on human trafficking” at Sheraton hotel in the city.
She said both the source and destination countries should work together to prevent trafficking.
The implementation of the law on human trafficking will ensure security to the workers alongside preventing the crime and it would not hamper the human resources export of the country, added the minister.
Chairing the inaugural session of the consultation organised by International Organisation for Migration, Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Shikder said there are some clauses regarding the prevention of human trafficking in different laws in the country, yet there is no specific law in this regard.
“The home ministry felt the need for enacting specific law to combat human trafficking and initiated to formulate the act,” he said.
Shikder quoted a study by the Unicef as saying 400 women and children were trafficked in 2009 from the country. He said the existing laws are inadequate to punish those involved in human trafficking, a serious crime as identified by the government.
Law Commission Chairman Prof M Shah Alam said the law would provide safety to the workers alongside tackling the crime. He also praised the draft of the law containing a clause to ensure safety of the victims.
Dr Redwanul Haque of Dhaka University presented the draft of the law at the consultation meeting.
Rabab Fatima (RF), regional representative of IOM for South Asia, and Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed, joint secretary to the home ministry, were present at the inaugural session among others.
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