Migration
Introduction
TIP is a serious human rights violation that continues to affect millions of people globally, including in the West African region (UNODC, 2024).
Migration, population change and human development
The population of Seychelles has been growing steadlily since 2014 (Table 9).
Acknowledgements
Annika Klintefelt (Statistics Denmark, Chair of the Task Force); Julien Bérard-Chagnon, Geneviève Ouellet and Jean-François Simard (Statistics Canada); Marie Clerc and Olivier Haag (INSEE, France); Sheelagh Bonham and Tim Linehan (CSO, Ireland); Donatella Zindato (Istat, Italy); Daan Zult (CBS, Netherlands); Nathaniel Matheson-Dunning and Hannes Diener (Stats New Zealand); Pawel Murawski (Statistics Poland); Liana Vologirova (Rosstat, Russian Federation); Charlie Wroth-Smith and Karina Williams (ONS, England and Wales); Vincent Mule (United States Census Bureau); Fabian Bach and Sixten Thestrup (Eurostat); Paolo Valente and Andres Vikat (UNECE); Siraj Mahmudlu and Anja Teltschik (UNICEF); Maria Isabel Cobos Hernandez (UNSD).
Executive summary
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a complex global challenge with far-reaching implications for human societies. Its effects extend beyond environmental impacts, affecting various aspects of human society, including economic systems, social structures and human rights. There is evidence suggesting a direct link between climate events and incidents of human trafficking, yet the precise mechanisms driving this relationship are not fully understood.
Research scope
The overall scope of this research is to contribute to the understanding of the interlinks between climate change and vulnerability to trafficking and exploitation, throughout different locations and climatic regions. It also proposes policy recommendations to address and mitigate such interlinks. It does so by addressing the following research questions: How and to what extent do the impacts of climate change on livelihood influence risks of trafficking and exploitation? How does this differ between different locations and climate change contexts?
Acknowledgements
We, the authors, would like to express our sincere gratitude to IOM for commissioning this research as part of the Climate Resilience Against Trafficking and Exploitation (CREATE) project.
Political, economic and structural factors affecting the link
This section discusses the structural, economic and political factors that affect the climate change–trafficking chain.
Acknowledgements
This report is part of the project Building Evidence and Developing Capacity to Inform Policy and Programmatic Responses for the Protection of Families Staying Behind in the Gambia, implemented by IOM in the Gambia and funded by the IOM Development Fund.
Conclusion and policy recommendations
The study investigates the role of climate change as a migration driver, viewing climate as the envelope within which all activities occur.
Political, economic and structural factors affecting the link
This section discusses the structural, economic and political factors that affect the climate change–trafficking chain.