Bahrain vows to fight trafficking in persons

TDT | Manama                                             

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com    

Bahrain is committed to developing national cadres and raising their capabilities and skills in the field of identifying the crime of trafficking in persons.

The Kingdom is also keen on adopting mechanisms to assist victims and prevent individuals from becoming potential victims, in addition to supporting the efforts of the international community to address this cross-border crime.

This was emphasised by Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) CEO Nouf Abdul Rahman Jamsheer as she attended the ceremony honouring the participants in the Training of Trainers Programme 2023.

The programme was organised by the LMRA’s Regional Centre of Excellence and Capacity Building for Combatting Trafficking in Persons, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

During the ceremony, Jamsheer indicated that the crime of trafficking in persons is one of the most sensitive and major global issues, whose mechanisms and forms are constantly evolving, and require addressing with exceptional effort and high skills.

She added that the Kingdom has strengthened the infrastructure of the work environment and efforts aimed at combating all forms of trafficking in persons and exploitation. Outlining the wide-ranging efforts taken in this respect, the CEO noted that the Kingdom has been keen to build an integrated system of prevention and protection, which includes enhancing the skills of first responders to identify victims of trafficking in persons or potential victims and hone their skills, through the implementation of multiple training programmes organised by LMRA’s Regional Centre of Excellence and Capacity Building for Combatting Trafficking in Persons in cooperation with international and UN organisations, most notably the International Organization for Migration.

He pointed out that qualifying trainers to become supporters of the government’s efforts and ambassadors to spread the culture of combating trafficking in persons is an integral part of these efforts.