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| Afghanistan |
| Slavers operating openly in Afghanistan |
| 2016-11-28 |
| A study by TOLOnews has found that human smugglers are operating openly in southwestern Nimroz province – which shares a border with Iran – and are smuggling dozens of migrants on a daily basis into Iran. According to the study, no one stops these convoys of pickup trucks, loaded with migrants, who are driven to the border at night. These migrants can spend days at the border town of Zaranj while they wait to be smuggled into Iran, TOLOnews' Abdullah Hamim who visited Nimroz reported. According to him, there are several security check posts on the way to the bordering regions, but dozens of migrants, packed in several vehicles, are not stopped by these security officers. The migrants are meanwhile, divided into different groups along the way, Hamim said. "Our life has not improved. This is the third time that I am here after high insecurity in Kunduz. I have to do it and so do others who are here. "There is no one with me," said a teenager who was hoping to travel to Iran. "We are going to Iran. We are going while facing thousands of challenges. We have to go. We don't have jobs here. It is not clear yet how much money we should pay for smugglers. We will pay them when we are in Tehran," said another man who was also on his way to Iran. "We are sold between smugglers. We give money to one and they pay another. And thereby we are sold to others and sometimes we are trapped and robbed by robbers. Sometimes people die on the way to Iran," said one young boy. According to Hamim, one of the areas where smugglers take people to wait for their turn to cross the border is located in Zaranj, the provincial capital. However, the provincial governor Mohammad Sami said he is not aware of human smuggling in his province. "I know nothing about this. I will investigate this issue. I want to tell you that we are not allowing anyone to make stations for people to wait," he added. Meanwhile, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi, said: "We are fighting this phenomenon every year. Unfortunately, a number of groups are still deceiving our people and smuggle them out of the country. This is a crime and police continue to prevent human smuggling with the help of people and arrest those involved in this act." Video report at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 From a 2016 State Dept report: "The 2008 Law Countering Abduction and Human Trafficking/ Smuggling, along with article 516 of the penal code, prohibits many but not all forms of human trafficking. The law defines sex trafficking of a child only when coercion is used." |
| Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897 2016-11-28 07:09 |