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FACTS, SITUATION
AND REALITIES
Human trafficking does not exist only because many people who are
vulnerable to exploitation.
This is the Truth, that human trafficking is fueled by a demand for cheap
labor or services, or for commercial sex acts. Human traffickers are those
who victimize others in their desire to profit from the existing demand. To
ultimately solve the problem of human trafficking, it is essential to address
these demand-driven factors, as well as to alter the overall market
incentives of high-profit and low-risk that traffickers currently exploit.
It is for money and power, huge money and more power. It is the mode of
the imperialist world.
WHY DOES HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONTINUE
AND AND WIDESPREAD? (National Human Trafficking Resource Center)
Labor trafficking and sex trafficking of U.S. citizens and foreign
nationals persist and thrive for a number of reasons, including:
Destination
The Philippines is a destination country for a small number
of women who are trafficked from the Peoples Republic of
China (P.R.C.), South Korea, Japan, and Russia for sexual
exploitation.
Internal Trafficking
The Philippines has internal trafficking of women and
children from rural areas, particularly the Visayas and
Mindinao, to urban areas, such as Metro Manila and Cebu,
for sexual exploitation or forced labor as domestic workers,
factory workers, or in the drug trade.
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
The Philippine Government was placed in Tier 2 in
the 2007 U.S. Department of States Trafficking in
Persons Report for not fully complying with the
Trafficking Victims Protection Acts minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking but
making significant efforts to do so. There are reports
of immigration and police officers who are complicit in
human trafficking.
For Jesus said, I HAVE COME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT
ABUANDANTLY.
The Diaconate Prophetic Call is our call for the work of justice and peace. We
name and seek the truth for sake of life.
We are called setting aside our fears, make our ways responsible and help
heal our dying world.
We pray for: