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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Trafficking in Person and Smuggling of Migrants are global and widespread crimes that affect men, women, and children in different ways, Hon. Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof, the Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment indicated.<\/b><\/p>\n

Although, he said, the two are sometimes linked, they are separate crimes that pose serious threats to human rights, human security, development, and the rule of law.<\/p>\n

Minister Joof made these remarks recently during the University of The Gambia Debate Association Inter-Tertiary Debate Championship held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba JawaraInternational Conference Center, Bijilo.<\/p>\n

The event was centered on the topic; \u201cEnhancing the capacity of young people for the effective combating of Trafficking in Person and Smuggling of Migrants\u201d and was attended by tertiary institutions, and students from other academic institutions among others.<\/p>\n

The Hon. Minister extended appreciation of His Excellency, President Adama Barrow and the Government of The Gambia to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), other development partners especially IOM and the United States Embassy in The Gambia for their work and support in their efforts to combat trafficking in persons and migrants in The Gambia.<\/p>\n

According to him, trafficking in person is a crime and it is a human rights abuse. Therefore, he added, the battle to combat trafficking in person and the smuggling of migrants requires multisectoral partnerships and a multi-dimensional approach.<\/p>\n

The fight to combat human trafficking, he outlined, requires, first of all, the enactment of laws to criminalise both trafficking in person and the smuggling of migrants. \u201cIt is important to note that the Government of The Gambia has enacted a law (Trafficking in Persons Act 2007) to prevent, suppress and punish those engaged in the trafficking of persons and is working towards enacting a law that will criminalise smuggling of migrants and punish culprits,\u201d he informed the gathering.<\/p>\n

However, Minister Joof revealed that they have also formulated policies to promote investment, development of industries, and SMEa to create more jobs for the young population.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that these policies and programs will facilitate the creation of more job opportunities for all and with more job opportunities and well-informed young people, there will be a decrease in the number of people going on the \u201cirregular migration\u201d thereby saving their youthful population,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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