In order to more effectively combat the practice of human trafficking, it is very important to
understand the characteristics of trafficked people. Thus, it i
s important to gain a better
understanding of the economic and political conditions that make trafficking more
prominent in s
ome nations rather than others.
Governments have plenty of measures to assist victims.
As more and more women and
children leave
their home regions to find work elsewhere in their native countries or as
guest workers in other countries, measures should be taken to make their journeys easier
and safer. They often lack the necessary documents and/or have little or no knowledge of
the
world beyond their homes. In many countries it is unacceptable for women to travel on
their own and young women and girls are often entrusted to male escorts. Consequently
there are grounds for supporting a range of measures designed to make it easier and
safer
for women and girls to move freely, and for tighter controls on agencies that hire guest
workers