In June 2022, eight IOM consultants working on the Slovak-Ukrainian border learnt about human trafficking and its mechanism to be able to deliver proper information and preventive steps.

IOM internal training of trainers in Bratislava in mid-June 2022. Photo © International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2022.

IOM frontline workers understand:

• what are the most common myths about human trafficking,
• how to recognize risky situations that occur at borders,
• how to support safe travel of people coming from Ukraine,
• what to do and where to turn if they meet a victim of human trafficking.

Furthermore, they received basics on how to conduct educational and preventive activities in the area of combating human trafficking. Follow-up trainings will empower them to deliver educational activities on human trafficking for different audiences in the future.

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This activity was generously funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.