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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/NewZealand.htm
New Zealand is a source country for underage girls
trafficked internally for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. It
is also reportedly a destination country for women from Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan,
the People’s Republic of China, Eastern Europe, and other Asian countries
trafficked into forced prostitution. Unskilled Asians and
Pacific Islanders migrate to New Zealand voluntarily to work legally or
illegally in the agricultural sector, and women from the Philippines migrate
legally to work as nurses. Some of these workers report that manpower
agencies placed them in positions of involuntary servitude or debt bondage by
charging them escalating and unlimited recruiting fees, imposing unjustified
salary deductions on them, restricting their travel by confiscating their
passports, and significantly altering contracts or working conditions without
their agreement. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June,
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child Trafficking New Zealand Ministry of Justice - published
before October 2003 by the Dept of Courts & the previous Ministry of
Justice [accessed 23 February 2011] CHILD TRAFFICKING TO
The New Zealand
Police estimate that there are over 500 Thai women in the sex industry in
Auckland alone. However, it is impossible to determine how many of them are
under 18 years of age, and thus, inherently able to be considered to have
been victims of trafficking. There are many obstacles that prevent trafficked
children from coming to the attention of the police or other authorities. The
majority of the girls are under constant surveillance by their traffickers.
In addition, they may fear the police or believe that they will be in trouble
with New Zealand authorities. The Human Rights Commission has received a
number of telephone calls from health personnel reporting incidents of Thai
girls, under 18 years of age, seeking medical attention, who had been
subjected to sexual violence. However, by the time the Police have become
involved it has been discovered that the addresses given are false or the
girls have been moved to a new location. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61621.htm [accessed 23 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Commercial sexual exploitation of children was a problem. Under the
Prostitution Reform Act, it is illegal to use a person under 18 years of age
in prostitution. A study by the PLRC completed in April 2004 estimated that
approximately 200 young persons under the age of 18 were working as prostitutes.
During the year 3 brothel operators and 1 client were prosecuted for the use
of persons under age 18 in prostitution. The client and two of the brothel
operators were convicted, and one operator was awaiting trial at year's end.
The government worked with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to address
trafficking in children and provided funding for NGO outreach programs in Shakti Migrant
Services Trust, an anti-trafficking NGO, reported abuses resulting from the
immigration of Indian women for arranged marriages and provided services to
abused women through four refuges located in three cities: UN expert warns NZ over human trafficking
problem Julie Middleton, The www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10360850 [accessed 23 February 2011] Human trafficking
is probably far more prevalent in Source:
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3236096a11,00.html, 03 April 2005 [accessed 23 February 2011] A US State
Department report made the allegation last month - for the second time in a
year - despite claims it had misrepresented prostitution data. Foreign Affairs
Minister Phil Goff was scathing about the statement. "If the United
States were to judge itself by the same standards it is applying to New
Zealand, it would be found to be wanting," Goff said. "Of course we
don't have a problem in trafficking in children." The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/zealand.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING
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Trafficking to Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/new-zealand [accessed 27 June 2012] US report on NZ challenged ECPAT News, 17 June 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] ECPAT spokeswoman Denise Ritchie says the Child Trafficking New Zealand Ministry of Justice - published
before October 2003 by the Dept of Courts & the previous Ministry of
Justice [accessed 23 February 2011] CHILD TRAFFICKING TO The New Zealand
Police estimate that there are over 500 Thai women in the sex industry in
Auckland alone. However, it is impossible to determine how many of them are
under 18 years of age, and thus, inherently able to be considered to have
been victims of trafficking. There are many obstacles that prevent trafficked
children from coming to the attention of the police or other authorities. The
majority of the girls are under constant surveillance by their traffickers.
In addition, they may fear the police or believe that they will be in trouble
with New Zealand authorities. The Human Rights Commission has received a
number of telephone calls from health personnel reporting incidents of Thai
girls, under 18 years of age, seeking medical attention, who had been
subjected to sexual violence. However, by the time the Police have become
involved it has been discovered that the addresses given are false or the
girls have been moved to a new location. Human trafficking: Marwaan Macan-Markar,
Inter Press Service News Agency IPS, www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/DJ10Dk01.html [accessed 23 February 2011] For its part, New
Zealand is being used by traffickers of Thai women as a "departure point
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