EU boosts Nigeria’s fight against human trafficking

Nigeria’s fight against human trafficking has received a boost with the upgrading and refurbishing of 17 shelters for victims and survivors of the menace. The upgrade and refurbishment of the shelters was carried out by Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (A-TIPSOM), a project funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented […]

Nigeria’s fight against human trafficking has received a boost with the upgrading and refurbishing of 17 shelters for victims and survivors of the menace.

The upgrade and refurbishment of the shelters was carried out by Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (A-TIPSOM), a project funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the International Ibero-America Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP). 

The shelters are jointly being managed by the Network of CSOs Against Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) and the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). 

A-TIPSOM’s Team Lead, Raphel Meloni, while addressing journalists in Abuja during the presentation of the shelters to NAPTIP and NACTAL, said the move was part of activities by the EU to celebrate its anti-trafficking day. 

The European Commission established the EU Anti-Trafficking Day in 2007 and is marked on October 18. 

He said the essence of the project was to provide better life for victims and survivors of human trafficking, adding that the upgraded and refurbished shelters would help in that regards.