Posts Tagged ‘trafficked People’
Trafficking in Indonesia
Australian Institute of Criminology Trends and Issues Papers The Australian Institute of Criminology has recently analysed data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Indonesia counter-trafficking database. The results of their analysis can be found in three Trends and Issues Papers released but the A.I.C. in May 2013. These papers look at issues such as the…
Read MoreACRATH Canberra Advocacy Visit 2012
Speaking for the Humans Rights of Trafficked People In the words of Martin Luther King “our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter.” These words were received by ACRATH in a letter of good wishes for the week of advocacy in Canberra from 19th – 23rd August 2012. There…
Read MoreSpeaking for the Human Rights of Trafficked People
ACRATH Members head to Canberra A group of women religious from around Australia will make their sixth annual pilgrimage to Canberra next week in a bid to influence policies affecting people trafficked into Australia. The fifteen women, Catholic sisters and their colleagues, are all members of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH). They…
Read MoreExtra support for Victims of Human Trafficking
$1.2million Extra Given to Support Victims In a recent joint media release the Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Management and the Hon. Julie Collins MP Minister for the Status of Women announced that an extra $1.2million will be made available to help victims of human trafficking, under the Australian Government’s Support for Trafficked People program. This…
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