BRAMA, February 18, 2002, 12 pm ET

Protection and Reintegration Assistance to Victims of Trafficking

The IOM office in Kiev has opened a rehabilitation centre and a shelter to provide protection and support to victims of trafficking. Working with Ukrainian health authorities, IOM provides social and psychological counselling, psychiatric care, gynaecological and medical examinations and treatment for the victims.

All staff working in the centre and shelter has been trained by IOM. Questions of sensitivity and confidentiality were also addressed in the training sessions.

IOM is working with a Ukrainian network of some 15 NGOs to provide assistance to victims and with the authorities to facilitate their reintegration process.

After victims leave the IOM shelter, regular contact is maintained to monitor their reintegration process and to determine whether they or their families have been threatened or harassed.

Working with the Ukrainian Government, IOM works in the fields of prevention to increase public awareness and of protection through the provision of extensive reintegration assistance to victims of trafficking who have returned to Ukraine. IOM also works with the Ukrainian law enforcement and judicial authorities to allow them to effectively criminalise trafficking and prosecute traffickers.

This programme is financed with a US$170,000 funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.

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