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IN DEPTH

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN

THE HORN OF AFRICA

shed the main focus for the supplementing the UN Conven-
Human trafficking in the Horn of groundwork of the “Khartoum tion against Transnational Organi-
Africa Process” in tackling human traf- sed Crime (Palermo Convention),
ficking and people smuggling. •Promoting a victim-centred ap-
By Etienne Antheunissens
Charaf Moulali Key priorities of the Dialogue proach.
Laurent Grosbois among others were set as follows: From 2016, the European Com-
•Establish national strategies mission’s Department for Interna-
to strengthen horizontal coor- tional Cooperation has developed
The Horn of Africa serves as a dination among all services in- a set of initiatives in the framework
critical hub for mixed migration volved, including ensuring pro- of the EU-Horn of Africa Migration
and is a source, transit and de- tection to refugees and asylum Route Initiative or “Khartoum Pro-
stination area for asylum seekers seekers and assistance to mi- cess”. Two particular projects – na-
and socio-economic migran- grants in vulnerable situations, mely “Addressing Mixed Migration
ts from throughout the region, as •Improving the identification and Flows in East Africa”(AMMI) and the
well as middle-east. There is also prosecution of criminal networks, “Better Migration Management”
evidence that region is a sour- •Improving or, where appropria- (BMM) – were mandated by the
ce, destination, and transit coun- te, establishing criminal law fra- European Commission and aimed
try for men, women and children meworks and fostering – where at strengthening the public respon-
who are victims of trafficking.
applicable – the ratification and se against smuggling of migrants
the proper implementation of the and trafficking in human beings of
The Rome Declaration - adop- Protocols against Smuggling of East African countries (i.e. Djibou-
ted in November 2014, establi-
Migrants and Human Trafficking, ti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, South

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