Over the years, human trafficking has taken diverse forms and in all the countries of the world, even in the supposedly developed countries, although the rate differs. Human trafficking is mostly linked to African countries. Africans constitute the greatest percentage of people involved affected by human trafficking.
The hardships and maltreatment suffered by ‘blacks’ even at the hands of fellow ‘blacks’ shows how far the menace has taken root. Libya, a country in the continent Africa, is a site of human trafficking that has come to light in the past three weeks. Different people from diverse countries are made to suffer hardship just because they are in search of greener pastures.
The question is, if their countries had been good enough to live in, would they have been in such a situation? Push and pull factors are those factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them. The push factor is forceful and drives migrants out of their countries.
The pull factor makes something an attractive option. It dictates where the travelers end up. The push factors include economic hardship, unhealthy environment, war, famine, political violence. The pull factors are the extreme opposite of the push factors. These factors combine together to give rise to the rate of human trafficking.
Most times, people who are lured into trafficking have no knowledge of the fate that lies ahead of them; they are as sheep led to the abattoir.
They have no other options but to succumb to the inhuman treatment by those who trafficked them.
Therefore, the utmost solution is to create a habitable environment for citizens. There should also be strict implementation of the laws on human trafficking.
Oduola Kayode
oduolakaysam@gmail.com
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