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Over 8,000 people trafficked annually in Nepal: National Human Rights Commission

Xinhua, April 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

More than 8,000 Nepalese citizens are trafficked annually in Nepal, the latest report by National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) revealed here on Monday.

Unveiling a national report, NHRC claimed that over 16,000 citizens, mostly women and children were trafficked in the past two fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015.

However, it has been found that quite lower numbers of trafficking cases were reported in Nepal Police. Only 185 'trafficking in persons' cases were registered in the 2013-2014 whereas only 181 cases were registered in 2014-2015.

"The key reason is under-reporting and under-registration of human trafficking cases, including an overlap in measures of Foreign Employment Act and the Human Trafficking and Transportation Control Act," the report states.

The report claims that the number of the interception of the vulnerable persons has increased after the earthquake, an increase by at least 15 percent before and after three months of the earthquake. More than 1,200 women and children went missing in the first three months of earthquake.

Despite the fact that the government of Nepal has brought various acts including Foreign Employment Act-2007, Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act 2007, National Plan of Action on controlling human trafficking 2011-2021 among others, the victims do not have access to justice for the prevention and control of trafficking, according to NHRC.

The study shows that in terms of destination of trafficking, the majority of victims are being trafficked to India, but there are also cases of internal trafficking and trafficking to the Gulf states. Trafficking route is reported to be the main official border points with India and China.

Trafficking of girls to S. Korea and China for the purpose of marriage is also growing in Nepal. "Data reveal that trafficking takes place for multiple purposes, especially for sexual exploitation, labor exploitation and other purposes such as marriage and illegal organ extraction", the report states.

Records showed that most of the trafficking cases were from eastern districts Jhapa and Morang whereas most of the victims belonged to indigenous nationalities. Enditem