{"id":1578,"date":"2022-11-17T06:57:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T06:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/htsproject.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/?page_id=1578"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:06:03","slug":"profile-of-human-trafficking-victims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/htsproject.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/profile-of-human-trafficking-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile of Human Trafficking Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the EU<\/a>, in 2017-2018, the Republic of Cyprus had 168 presumed and identified victims per million inhabitants, while the second highest country (the UK) had 90 presumed and identified victims per million inhabitants. More recent statistical information is unavailable, but number of human trafficking victims in Cyprus are likely to have increased since then. Its shock value notwithstanding, this statistic only provides a very general picture of the phenomenon and does not contribute towards a better understanding of the profile of the victims. Yet, any activities designed to address human trafficking, no matter how well-intentioned, are likely to remain shots in the dark \u2013 more often than not missing their target \u2013 unless we acquire a clearer idea of who are exactly the people that we are trying to protect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, this research project \u2013 funded by the UCLan Research Centre on Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX) seeks to answer the following questions:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Who are the victims of human trafficking? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Where are they coming from? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What are they doing in Cyprus now? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What are the factors that pushed\/pulled them to Cyprus? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. What are the differences in the answers to these questions between the two sides of the Green Line (i.e. between the areas that are and the areas that are not under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus)? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Has any empirical research (qualitative or quantitative) been done on these questions already? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. How do illegal activities feed human trafficking in Cyprus? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Who are the front-line workers that we need to be engaging with in the future? <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n