Awareness, Outreach Channels Necessary To Prevent Human Trafficking, Forced Labor: ILO

International Labour Organization (ILO) Consultant Hans van de Glind Thursday said there was need to change mind of the migrants through awareness messages, outreach channels which would help them to prevent human trafficking and forced labor

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2019 ) :International Labour Organization (ILO) consultant Hans van de Glind Thursday said there was need to change mind of the migrants through awareness messages, outreach channels which would help them to prevent human trafficking and forced labor.

He made these remarks at a one day roundtable consultation held under the project of the global action to improve recruitment framework of labor migrant (REFRAME) here.

People from different walks of life had participated to overview issue of stake and international legal framework for fair recruitment in the country.

He said the ILO had protected the rights of workers from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment's process.

He added that multi-stakeholders should play their role effectively with governments and private sector to make the procedure of recruitment fair for migrants.

In Pakistan, he added that around 20 districts had the most migrants who have migrated during the last 40 years where there procedure for recruitment ranged from fair to non abusive practices.

He said in order to avoid non abusive recruitments there was need to change the mind set through public and private actors such as print, electronic, social media and society.

The ILO Consultant added that around 258 million international migrants and 763 million internal migrants were migrating in search for decent employment and better livelihoods.

Munwar Sultana Project coordinator of Global Action to the Recruitment Frame work of Labor Migration mulled over different opinions of journalists for fair recruitments of immigrants during the consultation.