30 Bangladeshi women rescued by BSF
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Distress resulting from COVID-19 in border areas of WB has led to extend in trafficking
The South Bengal Frontier of the BSF has arrested 30 women from Bangladesh who had been illegally crossing the worldwide border, upto July 10. Six Indian nationals, whom they described as touts for allegedly trafficking these women into the nation, had been arrested.
According to BSF officers a lot of the women had been lured by these traffickers on the pretext of jobs.
For occasion, on June 22, 17-year-old Alima (identify modified) and her 45-year-old mom had been rescued from the Jeetpur border outpost within the North 24 Parganas district.
The incidents of cattle smuggling have dropped considerably alongside the south Bengal frontier unfold over 913.32 km alongside the border from Malda which incorporates 363.93 km of riverine border however trafficking continues to be on the rise.
The COVID-19 associated misery has affected the inhabitants on either side.
In the 12 months 2019, as many as 2,175 Bangladeshi nationals had been apprehended by the BSF which elevated to three,060 in 2020.
A major variety of these arrested had been women, most of them lured by touts on either side of the border on the pretext of jobs or marriage.
Anti-trafficking Bill
The pandemic has not eased the scenario within the bordering areas of West Bengal as properly and have led to elevated incidents of trafficking additionally.
Subhasree Raptan, from Goranbose Bram Bikash (*30*), and a collective working in opposition to trafficking Tafteesh, stated that investigation in circumstances associated to human trafficking has additionally suffered previously few years.
“There are scores of cases where survivors of trafficking who are rescued from States like Maharashtra and Delhi, but such cases are not taken up for for inter-state investigation by the Anti Human Trafficking Units,” Ms. Raptan stated. She additionally added that the draft of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Act, 2021 Bill by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has not outlined the position of Anti-Human Trafficking Units.
The Ministry has invited strategies for the draft of the Bill and activists like Ms. Raptan engaged on floor recommend there needs to be quick observe courts for trafficking circumstances and emphasis on streamlining implementation of sufferer compensation.
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