Heather Bellamy interviewed Steve Chalke about the campaign to stop the sale of people



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  • Being a member of a marginalised ethnic group or subservient caste

    • Demand factors:

    • Demand for cheap migrant labour

    • The size of tourism industry in the child's home or neighbouring country

    • The growth in the sex industry at the country and international levels

    • Lax or poorly enforced laws and regulations concerning trafficking

    Heather: What difference has the campaign made so far and what are you hoping to achieve?

    Steve: Stop The Traffik is working in four areas:

    • To educate people about human trafficking and what can be done to end it

    • To be advocates, calling on governments and authorities to commit to ending trafficking and prosecuting the traffickers

    • To fundraise in order to finance new projects by organisations working with trafficked people across the world

    • To use Freedom Day, 25 March 2007 to celebrate the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and to call for the end of human trafficking.

    Even in the first months a significant awareness of people trafficking has been raised; over 10,000 people have signed the global Declaration showing their support for the campaign.

    £20,000 has been raised for the Salvation Army to establish work in one high risk area of China for the prevention and Protection of children vulnerable to and victims of trafficking.

    Stop The Traffik contributed to the UK Home Office's Consultation on developing a UK Action Plan to tackle trafficking.

    The size of the coalition is constantly growing both within the UK and around the world.

    Heather: Do you think Governments could do more?