The US State Department report for the first time has a section called “Trafficking in Persons Sponsored by the State”.
US authorities have included the Russian Federation on a list of countries with “policies or practices” of human trafficking, forced labor, or where security forces use children as soldiers. On Wednesday, July 20, according to Reuters.
It is noted that this follows the US State Department’s annual report on human trafficking. For the first time, in accordance with the order of the Congress of 2019, the section “Trafficking in persons sponsored by the state” appeared in the document.
Russia is often featured in the report in relation to its invasion of Ukraine and what the document calls a “risk factor” in which millions of Ukrainian refugees who have fled Russia either intentionally or unintentionally are at risk of becoming victims. of human trafficking.
It was previously reported that the occupiers were deporting the residents of Mariupol to Russia under the guise of evacuation.
Recall that now the Ukrainian Ombudsman said that the deported Ukrainian children were “arranged” with “foster families” in the Russian Federation.
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Source: korrespondent
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