Steps should be taken to strengthen the United Kingdom-Nigeria war against trafficking, a 2013 report by the Institute of Public Policy Research has recommended. It suggested that one of the ways this could be achieved is by increasing the tariffs for trafficking in Nigeria. This, it said, would serve as a disincentive to traffickers and their cohorts.
Titled, “Beyond borders, human trafficking from Nigeria to the UK,” the report also called on the Nigerian government agencies such as the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, to formalise their working agreement with and support the anti-trafficking work done by many people in Nigeria.
It asked Nigeria to designate individuals from the United Kingdom and Nigeria to form part of a working party and develop an MoU and provide a point of collaboration for strategic anti-trafficking responses between the two countries.
“NAPTIP should regain its collaborative mandate. Its role should be formalised as a collaborative one working to address the root causes of trafficking.
“Work streams should be developed to facilitate the work of other NGOs and government agencies at the local and federal levels to the mainstream anti-trafficking work.
“This is to ensure that the response to trafficking addresses the fundamental social and economic drivers of trafficking. The relationship between internal and international trafficking should be recognised and drivers of internal trafficking should be addressed by NAPTIP’s work,” the report recommended.
It said UK organisations should work with local authorities and statutory agencies to ensure that trafficked people were able to access support pathways through supporting community liaison officers and information on them.
It said, “Non-governmental organisations in Nigerian should deliver campaigns that are evidence-led to target vulnerable groups and those that facilitate trafficking and have a role in decision-making such as parents and community leaders; address trafficking for domestic work; involve people who have previously been trafficked (in cases where safeguarding can be ensured) or consider ways to use the testimony of people who have previously been trafficked.”
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