On the occasion of 18 October, the European Day Against Human Trafficking, Association of Roma Women "Bolja buducnost" Tuzla and the Association "Zemlja djece u BiH and in cooperation with the Foundation" Lara "from Bijeljina and members of the Network RING street action/performance. The Campaign "Children on the move, children without escort - respond and prevent trafficking in human beings" within the framework of this street action focused on increasing the information and mobilization of citizens, civil society organizations, the general public, institutions on the prevention of the risks of trafficking in human beings and other criminal activities occurring under the conditions of increased migration, which are currently actual in B&H.
On the same day, public event was organized. Non-governmental organizations warn that with the increasing number of migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is noticed that a large number of children are travelling without an escort. They are thus at the risk of becoming potential victims of smuggling and trafficking. In the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina two years ago, a law regulating the area of trafficking was adopted. Police in the Tuzla Canton are appalled in the application of the law, a spokesperson of the Ministry of the Interior said. He recalls that during the past year and this year they had two cases concerning trafficking in human beings for begging. Children are the most vulnerable category.
The respondents of the Center for Social Work, the Department for Combating Organized Crime, and the Foreign Affairs Department also spoke about the necessary responses and the suppression of trafficking with focus on children.