Human trafficking

Displacement and lost livelihoods create exactly the conditions traffickers look for: a family under pressure, a young person with no income, and an offer that sounds like a way out. Much trafficking begins with what looks like a genuine job offer abroad or in a city.

Awareness and prevention

We work in parishes, schools and communities to help people recognise deceptive recruitment — the recruiter who holds your documents, the contract you never see, the fee that becomes a debt — and to know what safe migration looks like.

Reducing the pressure that drives it

Awareness alone does not protect a household with no income. Our skills training and livelihoods work reduces the economic desperation that traffickers exploit, particularly for young women.

Supporting survivors

People who return having been exploited often come back with nothing, in poor health, and carrying shame that is not theirs to carry. We provide psychosocial support, help with reintegration into family and community, and referral to medical and legal services.

Working with others

Trafficking crosses borders and mandates. We work with the wider Caritas network, church structures and partner organisations, because a response that stops at the regional boundary is not a response.