Immigrants And Orphans In Southern Sudan

The lost boys of sudan endured unimaginable physical and emotional obstacles to be able to survive. They survived and did something amazing my definition of survival is to live, to be Alive and breathing.

Human trafficking affects our children and our schools more than most realize. It is estimated that more than 200,000 American children are trafficked each year in America. Victims of trafficking often come from vulnerable populations, including migrants, oppressed or marginalized groups, runaways or displaced persons, and the poor (Talati). The children most likely to be targeted by traffickers are those not living with their parents, who are vulnerable to coerced labor exploitation, domestic servitude, or prostitution. Sex traffickers target children because of their vulnerability and gullibility, as well as the market demand for young victims. Studies have shown that it is not just high school children at risk, demonstrating that pimps prey on victims as young as 12 years old. Victims

Imagine being dropped off in a foreign place where you have never been before or even heard of. You have been dropped off with nothing but the clothes on your back and barely speak a word of the language that is spoken there. This is how the Nuer feel when then go to the United States from Sudan for more freedom. Sure the United States may have more opportunities for a better life than Sudan, but it comes with a lot of life-changing events and challenges that the Nuer must face daily. In Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives, Jon Holtzman discusses the challenges the Nuer face and how they overcome them once they have been kicked out of their homes and immigrate to Minnesota in the United States.

In recent years the US has experienced a large influx of migration. Immigrants come from many different countries, races, religions and for many different reasons. One group of immigrants that received national attention is a group from Sudan that has been called “The Lost Boys”. The reason behind the national attention is due to the dramatic circumstances that brought them to America. To understand these circumstances it is important to understand their history. Sudan is the largest country in Africa. It is between two powerful cultural regions, the Islamic north and the Christian south. Africa has more than 400 languages and dialects. There are 597 different ethnic groups with

Human trafficking contains three main types of trafficking. Sex trafficking, forced labor, and child labor. Within forced labor, 18.7 million people are subjected. There are also 4.5 million people who are exploited each year for sex. Sex trafficking is committing a sexual act with an individual whom is under the age of eighteen. For example, a victim being held captive and forced into prostitution. Forced labor is when an individual is forced to do a service against their will by intimidation, violence, or in order to pay off debt. For instance, a family gives up a child and is sold to a sweatshop owner who forces him to sew garments. Children under the age of eighteen are used in the armed forced, used as cooks, messenger, spies, or sexual purpose (Background). For example, a fifteen-year-old boy or girl runs away and is seduced by a pimp. The pimp coerces him into participating in prostitution and the pimp would control the cost of how much the boy or girl would receive. Around the world, there are 168 million child laborers; 85 million are in hazardous conditions. Other forms of human trafficking include domestic servitude, agricultural work, debt bondage, manufacturing, and prostitution (Human Rights Commission). An example of debt bondage is if a possible victim needs to pay off her debt, she is brought to a house and the to be a housekeeper to pay of the cost and is threatened that if she does not she will be killed. Victims are mostly female

Thousands of unreported children are trafficked from Bangladesh to other countries every year (2). Children who are taken by traffickers often come from impoverished or isolated regions. The parents are promised that their children will have a well-paid job or a nice marriage (4). Impoverished and desperate, they trust the offers, which ultimately lead their children to be exploited through trafficking (7).

Shown above, a 9-year-old girl toils under the hot sun, making bricks from morning to night, seven days a week. She was trafficked with her entire family from Bihar, one of the poorest and most underdeveloped states in India, and sold to the owner of a brick-making factory. She has no means of escape, and is unable to speak the local language; the family is isolated and lives in terrible conditions. (Human Trafficking Website, 2007)

The children are enslaved as free labor and are of the victims of sexual abuse as well. According to Andrea Bertone and Christina Arnold, founders of the organization Prevent Human Trafficking, “Work for trafficked victims consists of exploitation, debt bondage, low to no wages, excessive hours, unsafe conditions. Often victims see themselves as being no worse off than if they had stayed home” (Arnold 31). Despite the horrible conditions most victims don’t even realize the gravity of their situation and fall into a sense of appeasement.

In poverty bound places, people have desperation for money and are willing to sell their children into human trafficking to live. Where there is desperation for money, the rich tend to take advantage of that and offer to buy children for cheap prices to do labour work, and usually if the children are not doing labour, they are being sexually exploited. A mother from Cambodia who had sold her daughter says, “Selling my daughter was heartbreaking, but what can I say? It was because of the debt, that's

Most of them are kidnapped at gunpoint when they are under the intoxicated. Others use drugs to escape the problems associated with poverty and poor living conditions. At the family level, issues such as family conflict, disruption, poverty and dysfunctional families lead to child run away because they are unable to tolerate the environment. They end up becoming homeless therefore they are considered at risk of child sex trafficking. Those in their homes are also at a high risk for exploitation. Lack of adequate parental supervision and monitoring during family conflicts increases the risk of trafficking. In areas where the families are poor, the children are likely to be encouraged to engage in sexual activity to

Reports suggest that majority of young sex trafficking victims are either currently in foster care or have been involved with the child welfare system in the past. In 2013, 60 percent of the child sex trafficking victims recovered as part of a FBI nationwide raid from over 70 cities were children from foster care or group homes. (Saar) Children in foster care often feel as though no one cares for them- many see themselves as only a paycheck for their foster parents. These children crave attention and stability and can be easily seduced by sex traffickers. Furthermore, traffickers will even send one of their girls into group homes to find victims, urging them to come with them by saying that they will have a “family” and financial stability. (Saar) In summary, the current child welfare system makes children feel worthless and in need of stability, making them a much larger target for sex trafficking than non foster care children. Secondly, victims of human trafficking experience emotional and physical suffering that can last a lifetime. Trafficked men, women and children are usually taken to brothels, escort

Teenagers or girls at a younger age are vulnerable from these organizations by trafficking them

They have known a life worse than death itself. Living in an impoverished community, where most either die young or die trying to make a better life for themselves. The warzone-like environment creates a tolerance for violence. In favour of surviving this hostile environment, the persons must survive their morality; meaning they’ll have to make both inhumane and humane decisions. Quite often these decisions are based on a potential threat to themselves. However, the extent people are willing to commit acts to increase their chances of survival will reflect their morals. Many of the victims are lured into the human trafficking rings are done so through family members; usually a male relative (father or uncle) or an older sibling. A few of these include kidnapping, the sale of children by parents, false marriages, false economic opportunities or sham job or educational advertisements (Financial Crisis and Human Trafficking). However, most of the victims vulnerable to trafficking are those who are migrating from one country to another. The biggest cause for

The sex trafficking of boys is often hidden, reflecting cultural taboos in many parts of the world. In Afghanistan and coastal Sri Lanka, boys are more likely than girls to be subjected to prostitution; in Mexico and Central America, boy migrants are vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation en route to the United States; boys in Southeast Asia are exploited in prostitution; to a lesser extent, men are victims of sex trafficking; in recent years, Brazilian men were identified in forced prostitution in Spain and men were identified as sex trafficking victims in the United States. (Male Trafficking Victims).

Also known as involuntary servitude, forced labor may result when unscrupulous employers exploit workers made more vulnerable by high rates of unemployment, poverty, crime, discrimination, corruption, political conflict, or cultural acceptance of the practice. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable, but individuals also may be forced into labor in their own countries.(U.S. Department of State, 2008). Labor trafficking targets all, but mainly women and children due to their relative lack of power compared to men, but men can also be victimized. Traffickers may use false promises of a high-paying job or exciting education or travel opportunities to lure people into cruel working conditions. While the victim may realize that what they received is not what they were promised, often they are subjected to physical and psychological control. At when having traveled, their money and passports may be taken away from them, causing the victim believes they have no other choice but to continue working for that employer.Female victims of forced or bonded labor, especially women and girls in domestic servitude, are often sexually exploited as well. Many children are forcibly abducted put to work domestically for certain businesses or forced to be child soldiers and sex slaves for soldiers. Both male and female child soldiers are often sexually abused and are at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases.(U.S. Department of State, 2008)