<b>Geetanjali Krishna:</b> The semantics of trafficking

Author is talking about human trafficking of labour

The other day, I had an interesting conversation with Roop Sen of Sanjog, a Kolkata-based technical resource organisation that works on issues pertaining to social equity, especially migration and human trafficking. There was a misconception, he said, that trafficking was mainly for the flesh side. There were, he said, other reasons why people from some of India’s poorest states are trafficked. As we discussed the issue of human trafficking for labour, and changes required in India’s laws and policies to better protect migrant rights, I felt a sense of déjà vu.
 
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