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| Walter Kalin (left) meeting with Nuri al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister on September 29, 2010 (Source: Reuters) |
UN News Centre (United Nations) – Walter Kalin, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), called on Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to reduce human trafficking risks by making administrative changes and giving financial aid to about 30,000 IDP Kurds to ensure stable settlement. Kalin believes the poor economy and violence in the KRG place Kurdish IDPs in risk of trafficking during the search for a home and higher income. Kalin maintains the KRG should give financial aid to poor Kurds in search of a home in the region. Kalin also maintains the KRG make administrative changes that ensure land and housing exist for Kurdish refugees unwilling/unable to return, strengthen reception areas for new outside IDPs and regulation of social services for returning IDPs.
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(Reliability: 9/10)
Comment: (Source Reliability: No bias or inaccuracy apparent in source or information. However, the 9 score rating reflects a lack of detail in what specific administrative changes are needed in administrative changes. Moreover, there is no mention to the time line needed to accomplish these reforms. Consequently, aside from the quantitative measure of urgency [30,000 IDPs], there is no qualitative or policy sense of urgency apparent.)
Analysis: Mr. Kalin's report seems to be the latest echo of the UN strategy against human trafficking. There appears to be a faint to moderate resemblance to Mr. Mahiga's recommendations to the international navies in the Africa. Two forces of human trafficking identified so far have been poor economic conditions, as expressed by Mr. Mahiga, and infrastructure, which has also been identified by both Mr. Mahiga and the UN Office of Drugs and Crime director Yuri Fedotov. Thus, one can conclude that economics and infrastructure are highly likely to be determining factor in the existence and growth of human trafficking activities.
A third potential force may exist in the form of national legislation and policy. The September 24th UN Asia-Pacific Forum identified the current state of immigration laws and policies as a contributing factor on human trafficking. Mr. Kalin's report echo's this policy concern with respect to housing and aid. However, one can not yet determine one specific area of policy and legislation, with respect to reform or addition, has a greater effect than another. In this specific case, I can not make the determination if housing law reform has a greater or lesser affect on human trafficking than immigration reform. Moreover, I can not determine which legislative reform has a greater UN priority for reform. Continued activity from the UN will provide more insight.
Comment: (Source Reliability: No bias or inaccuracy apparent in source or information. However, the 9 score rating reflects a lack of detail in what specific administrative changes are needed in administrative changes. Moreover, there is no mention to the time line needed to accomplish these reforms. Consequently, aside from the quantitative measure of urgency [30,000 IDPs], there is no qualitative or policy sense of urgency apparent.)
Analysis: Mr. Kalin's report seems to be the latest echo of the UN strategy against human trafficking. There appears to be a faint to moderate resemblance to Mr. Mahiga's recommendations to the international navies in the Africa. Two forces of human trafficking identified so far have been poor economic conditions, as expressed by Mr. Mahiga, and infrastructure, which has also been identified by both Mr. Mahiga and the UN Office of Drugs and Crime director Yuri Fedotov. Thus, one can conclude that economics and infrastructure are highly likely to be determining factor in the existence and growth of human trafficking activities.
A third potential force may exist in the form of national legislation and policy. The September 24th UN Asia-Pacific Forum identified the current state of immigration laws and policies as a contributing factor on human trafficking. Mr. Kalin's report echo's this policy concern with respect to housing and aid. However, one can not yet determine one specific area of policy and legislation, with respect to reform or addition, has a greater effect than another. In this specific case, I can not make the determination if housing law reform has a greater or lesser affect on human trafficking than immigration reform. Moreover, I can not determine which legislative reform has a greater UN priority for reform. Continued activity from the UN will provide more insight.
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