If you did not get a chance to participate in the Human Trafficking workshop, you can see here what we did…
The Workshop was run by the newly chosen President of the London Met MUN Society – Plamena Solakova. She has been a volunteer for the Red Cross for 6 years now and has participated in an international project for prevention of Human Trafficking. As part of that project she was certified to train on the issue and thus organized the whole event on Saturday and led some very interesting discussions.
In the event participated about 30 students from London Met and other universities in London and it took about 3 hours to complete the agenda for the day.
Firstly, we started with a basic introduction of each participant and a brainstorming on the topic of Human Trafficking. We also watched an introductory video which you can find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr4xnWa1R2M.
In the main part of the workshop we talked about what can actually be trafficked. Interestingly we learn that humans are the second most tradable objects in the world after weapons. Furthermore, we looked at the different country categories that exist – source, transit and destination countries. Certainly, explanation was needed on why human trafficking occurs and statistics were given on the profits of this business. Later on, we played a toleration game which interested all of the participants and was very beneficial for our following discussions.
We also worked in groups coming up with the profiles of a victim of human trafficking and a potential trafficker. We discussed them together afterwards.
Other issues we discussed were how one can be recruited as a victim, how to recognize traffickers and what happens to victims after they leave and when they arrive in their destination countries.
In the end, we concluded with essential advice and tips on how to protect yourselves and who to contact for help. Remember: if you ever need help, please get in touch, if possible, with one of the following:
- The Police
- International Organization for Migration
- UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- UK Human Trafficking Centre
- UK Home Office
- International Committee of the Red Cross: Departments for Refugees, Migrants and Asylum Seekers
- Human Rights organizations worldwide
After the event, all of the participants received a certificate of attendance and also completed a feedback sheet. Gladly, almost 100% said the event was “great” and that they would certainly like to get involved more in the topic with prospects of organizing and participating in awareness campaigns against human trafficking.
If you interested further in the topic, you can also see these videos on the topic which are very thought-provoking:
http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/10_human_trafficking_videos_to_watch_right_now (1st video), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZTN0TbsRYA, http://vimeo.com/20771082.
Lastly, you can contact Plamena on the society’s email for more information on the topic and for further discussions.
Please come along to our next events as well in order not to miss the great experience UNAMET provides you with!
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