Citation

Warria A. Child Abuse Res. South Afr. 2020; 21(1): 47-57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children)

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Abstract

Trafficking poses a direct threat to the victim's rights, development and well-being, with childhood trafficking experiences having far-reaching effects. Thus, assistance provision measures should target each of the areas as impacted by the child's trafficking experience. This paper sets out to show the consequences of inappropriate assistance procedures during reintegration in relation to transnational trafficked children. It was a qualitative study and data reported on was collected from 22 trafficking experts (stakeholders) in South Africa. The major consequences of inappropriate reintegration assistance provision identified are re-trafficking, stigmatisation, secondary trauma and victimisation and mistrust in victims. The findings show that if inappropriately handled, reintegration procedures related to assistance provision can have negative implications for trafficked children. This paper shows that there is need for pre- and post-reintegration assistance services and programmes which are trauma-informed, victim-centred, community and culturally sensitive and multidisciplinary in nature.

Keywords: Human trafficking;

Language: en