BGA/9/17
Sponsored by Claire Hinson, Katelyn Rehse, Erin Jordan, Samara Carletto of Father Ryan High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Trinidad and Tobago.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Lamenting that human trafficking has been on the rise in Trinidad and Tobago for many years |
| 2 | now. |
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| 4 | Recognizing that this is occurring most commonly in the ones from other Latin American countries, |
| 5 | such as Venezuela. Attempting to escape their own countries crisis, refugees voyage off to Trinidad |
| 6 | and Tobago. However, the language and cultural barrier has made it extremely hard for these |
| 7 | refugees to find homes, cars, or even simple employment. Due to this, they are an easy target for |
| 8 | traffickers. Between 2017 and 2020, there were an estimated 125 cases of known human |
| 9 | trafficking reports, most of which being slavery. |
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| 11 | Noting that they have made their way onto the Tier 2 watchlist for the US Department of State. |
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| 13 | Their efforts of stopping human trafficking have significant effort, but still do not meet the |
| 14 | requirements. |
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| 16 | Acknowledging that 14 traffickers have been prosecuted since 2011, but none of them have been |
| 17 | convicted under the law through this timespan. The government of Trinidad and Tobago began |
| 18 | legal system reforms in 2019 to attempt to make the system more efficient but not much has been |
| 19 | done since then. |
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| 21 | Suggesting that the UN could give refugees a small amount of money to start out and build |
| 22 | refugee hotels for them to live in as they come into Trinidad and Tobago. |
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| 24 | Additionally, we could come up with a small education system to help them understand basic |
| 25 | words of the native language and they could be given small jobs in the community to earn money. |
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| 27 | Decreasing their rate for being victims of human trafficking because there will be less opportunity |
| 28 | for them to do so. |
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| 30 | Generate multiple anonymous tip lines for people to report traffickers and implement further |
| 31 | justice system systems to work through the case blocking. |
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| 33 | Investigate certain questionable employers and businesses that have been suspected of being |
| 34 | traffickers. |
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| 36 | We the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago herby: |
| 37 | Request $85 million from the UN to pay for these bare necessities and to fund the furthering of |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago local justice system. This way there can be more convictions and punishment |
| 39 | for the traffickers and a way to prevent more from occurring in the future. |
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