Child Sex Trafficking in the Tourism Sector in Sri-Lanka
Type
Rapport
Étude
Pays
Sri Lanka
Région
Asie et Pacifique
Organisation
Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations,
Save the Children
Année
2020
Language
Anglais
This qualitative study provided a platform for the victims' voices to be heard as they described their actual experiences. h focused on generating an in-depth understanding on child sex trafficking in the tourism sector in Sri Lanka.
The research aimed to provide new knowledge on main research questions of
- (a) What are the experiences of child victims of trafficking?
- (b) How can children who are vulnerable to trafficking be identified and supported early, to prevent them from being trafficked into the sex tourism industry?
- (c) How can victims of trafficking be identified for timely interventions?
These questions required understanding about children who were particularly vulnerable to trafficking and the push & pull factors such as parental migration etc. that lead children to become victims.
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