Project Description:

The overall objective of the study was to understand the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of people in the IOM’s project areas to help the IOM’s five-year project on capacity building and awareness-raising to combat human trafficking in Bangladesh, including the risk of smuggling and human trafficking. The outcome of the study intended to assist IOM in identifying the gaps and assist to customize the intervention of the project according to the context. The study assessed the extent of utilizing and benefiting of people from government policy, analyzed the services offered by government agencies, identified the effective awareness-raising campaign tools, and measured the indicators to update the project log frame. A mixed-method approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods have been used in this study with detailed secondary documents review. The study targeted community people, victims of trafficking, potential/aspirant migrants, different government and non-government officials across the four districts, in an effort to acquire data on responses to human trafficking, smuggling and migration. The study found that the CTCs of the district and Upazila level of the targeted districts do not not well-functioning. The staffs who deal with trafficking victims were not sufficiently trained. Even, the laws and policies of Bangladesh regarding human trafficking are standard but the implementation status of these laws and policies are not satisfactory. The study recommended on strengthening the function of CTC, enhancing system of public awareness, systematic functioning of victim support centers and skill development training centers, establishing referral system based on transparent and standard protocols, establishing a central and national database of the victims of trafficking, standard checklist for identifying the victims of trafficking and so on.