Southeast Safe Net/SESN: Action-research for the prevention of child trafficking and the protection of unaccompanied migrant and refugee minors

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Published: Feb 1, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dial.8884
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Unaccompanied minors trafficking in human beings action-research
Korina Hatzinikolaou
Lecturer, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

This article presents the action-research project entitled “Southeast Safe Net: Preventing child trafficking and protecting unaccompanied minors in Greek-Turkish Borders”, funded by the E.U.’s General Directorate of Home Affairs in the context of the ISEC funding programme. The project addresses a particularly hot topic, that is, the protection of unaccompanied migrant and refugee minors from trafficking in human beings. In order to achieve the scope of the project, a series of activities was planned and implemented in the context of the following three working axes: a) promote the coordination, collaboration and mutual understating between public and private sector, NGOs and International Organizations, which are responsible for the prevention of trafficking in human beings and/or the protection of unaccompanied minors; b) review of best practices for the prevention of trafficking in human beings in Europe and worldwide, development of two tools to facilitate the prevention of child trafficking, and training of professionals on the application of those two tools; c) development and implementation of a pilot empowerment and support program for unaccompanied migrant and refugee minors residing in shelters for unaccompanied minors in Greece. The aforementioned activities are described and discussed in details, while the project’s sustainability is also considered.

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