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REVEALED: Number Of Nigerian Women Trafficked To Italy Almost Doubled In 2016 by Calmzin(m): 8:20pm On Jan 13, 2017 |
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
has reported that the number of Nigerian women
travelling by boat from Libya to Italy almost
doubled in 2016, with majority of them being
victims of sex trafficking and exploitation.
According to IOM, approximately 80% of the 11,009
Nigerian women registered at landing points in
Sicily in 2016 were trafficked, as against 2015
when 5,600 women were registered by the IOM,
and 2014 when 1,450 Nigerian women were
registered at landing points in Sicily.
“We have seen a huge increase in the number of
Nigerian women arriving last year,” said Carlotta
Santarossa, a counter-trafficking project manager
for the IOM.
“According to our indicators, we believe the
majority of Nigerian women who are arriving into
Italy are victims of trafficking and are likely to end
up exploited in Italy or other European countries.
In Italy, the numbers are too high to provide all of
them them with the services they need.”
The organisation said the increase reflected a
dramatic rise in the overall number of Nigerian
men, women and children being registered at
landing points in Italy. Figures from the agency
show that 37,500 of the 180,000 migrants arriving
in Italy by sea last year were Nigerians, the first
time they had eclipsed Eritreans as the largest
national group. The total number for 2015 was
22,000. About 3,000 of the 37,000 Nigerian
migrants were unaccompanied minors.
Alberto Mossino, director of Piam Onlus, an anti-
trafficking NGO working with Nigerian migrants,
said the increase in Nigerians arriving by sea was
an indication of the power of the highly organised
trafficking gangs operating alongside Libyan
militias to control migrant flows from north Africa.
“Before, migrants could arrive alone in Libya and
make their way by boat to Europe,” he said.
“Now, it is too dangerous: there is civil war and it
is only the Nigerian and Eritrean trafficking gangs
who are able to transport large numbers of people
through the country, where militias are controlling
the borders and ports.
“These are not smuggling gangs, their intention is
to exploit and profit from the migrants they are
transporting along the way, and women are the
most lucrative cargo.”
Among those questioned by the IOM, 49% reported
having being held in a location against their will,
often for ransom. The majority of the cases
occurred in Libya.
“Libya is a black hole at present, from a
humanitarian point of view – all migrants arriving
from Libya have faced violence and human rights
violations,” said Flavio Di Giacomo, a
spokesperson for the IOM in Italy.
Mossino said existing anti-trafficking services were
at gridlock, with the Italian government providing
only 1,600 places for victims of trafficking at
specialist shelters.
“If there are 11,000 women arriving in one year,
there is simply no way of providing them with any
help or security,” he said. “There is nothing we
can do to help them.- Thecable |
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