Jamaica to open shelters for trafficking victims

Jamaican Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, has promised that the government will soon provide shelters for victims of human trafficking on the island, as Jamaica continues to try to improve its response to the problem of human trafficking. Jamaica is a source country for women and children who are trafficked within the country form rural areas to cities for sexual exploitation and sometimes labour exploitation, including domestic service. Ms Palmer also said
“We have a consultancy on the way for the assessment of scope, and that will be completed in August, at which time we will know precisely the size of our problem in Jamaica, and also out of that, we will have the data systems for monitoring and evaluation of this crime,”
Although Jamaica has a significant problem with human trafficking, it seems that the government is making progress in the fight against this crime.
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