Help trafficked people get out of the shadows
My good friend Susan Pineda, paralegal and immigration consultant, had once said that our modern-day society is blind to people who have been trafficked and enslaved.
“It was easy to see a slave in the olden days as they were tied and placed in cages and people could acquire them for labor in their farms and factories. Today, we will never know who are victimized by unscrupulous employers or human trafficking syndicates,” she said during the launch of the Women’s Immigration and Communications Café (WICCAFE) at the auspices of the HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership in September 2019.
Trafficked people may not even realize that they have been trafficked or are feeling shamed and fearful to come out of the shadows.
January is Human Trafficking month. It is thus appropriate to take this opportunity, early on toward 2025, to educate people, especially workers, on how human trafficking occurs.
