Bangadesh: US embassy says border vulnerable to human trafficking

DHAKA, 16 July 2022, (TON): The embassy of the United States in a briefing in Dhaka said “the Bangladesh-India border was vulnerable to human trafficking and working to fight trafficking remained the embassy’s one of the top priorities.”

An official of the US embassy said “it is very much on our radar that border areas, especially with India, are particularly vulnerable to cross-border trafficking. We are very closely engaged with the organisations working on rescue and repatriation of victims back to Bangladesh.”

The embassy organised the background briefing on the country’s most comprehensive trafficking report to be released next week.

The embassy officials said “the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report reflects the US government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights, law enforcement, and national security issue.”

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