{"id":3588,"date":"2018-05-27T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2018-05-27T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T07:00:03","slug":"trafficking-victims-fund-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/05\/27\/trafficking-victims-fund-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Trafficking victims\u2019 fund set up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/CEO-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3433 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/CEO-Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/CEO-Picture.jpg 882w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/CEO-Picture-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">VICTIMS of human trafficking in Bahrain will receive monthly allowances as part of a government initiative, it was revealed. However, the Victims Assistance Fund will only assist those whose cases are in the court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><!--more-->This is the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region that a government has set up such a fund. Approved by the Cabinet on April 30, the fund will cover the costs of essential services for victims, such as temporary allowances to serve as financial protection schemes in-between court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It also provides a grant that victims of trafficking may use for reintegration in their country of origin or to support their re-employment in Bahrain. Two trafficking victims have already benefited from the fund, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThe fund is a best practice that is designed globally to help victims,\u201d National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons chairman Ausamah Al Absi told the GDN yesterday. \u201cIt\u2019s not compensation but reintegration assistance exclusively for those who are designated as a trafficking victim by a judge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThe judge would need the victim to be in Bahrain as part of the court proceedings, with a monthly allowance being provided.\u201dThe temporary allowance will be stopped once the judge or the public prosecutor decides that the victim\u2019s presence is not required.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThe fund is active and we have helped victims find jobs in Bahrain to help restart their lives. \u201cWe are going to hit multiple birds with one stone because we are helping the victims, speeding up the judicial process and providing incentive to victims. \u201cThis process will encourage victims to testify in court and eventually help the trafficker to be held accountable.\u201d In the past three years, Mr Al Absi said, 500 people have benefited from more than 25 training courses on human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThis is a cross-border crime that is not specific to Bahrain but globally governments are fighting against it. \u201cThe international trend is that majority of the traffickers belong to the same nationality as the victims.\u201cOn the other hand, trafficking victims are shunned when they return home.\u201d Mr Al Absi said in most cases the victims return home and become traffickers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cWe are breaking this chain by providing them with a financial incentive and an opportunity to reintegrate in society. \u201cBahrain is in a much better position now to deal with trafficking cases because we have a 360-degree approach to combat trafficking as there is a shelter, a hotline and a national referral system.\u201d Meanwhile, the UN Migration Agency, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), said that two victims of trafficking have already benefited from the fund.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cBahrain has played a proactive role and has raised the bar for the standards of victim protection in the region,\u201d said IOM Bahrain officer in charge Mohamed El Zarkani. \u201cThe judicial process usually takes time and a monthly allowance to victims will strengthen prosecution.\u201d The IOM provides technical assistance to the government, said Mr El Zarkani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThis partnership allows us to share best practices of victim assistance funds from other regions and explore together how they can be best applied in Bahrain\u2019s context.\u201d He said the general perception when it comes to trafficking is sex trafficking involving women but men were also affected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The GDN previously reported that Bahrain\u2019s police investigated 29 potential human trafficking cases between April 2016 and March last year, according to latest US State Department report on Trafficking in Persons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Five of these cases related to forced labour, 19 were about sexual exploitation and five involved domestic workers. 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