False Fact: Not all trafficking in persons is about sexual exploitation. Experts say that 40.3 million people were victims of trafficking in 2016. Among them, 24.9 million people were in forced labour (working as domestic workers, on construction sites, in factories, on farms and fishing boats, and in the sex industry), and 15.4 million were in a forced marriage.[2]
ASEAN-ACT works with the International Labour Organisation’s Triangle in ASEAN program, which seeks to enhance the contribution of labour migration to stable and inclusive growth and development. Together, ASEAN-ACT and Triangle in ASEAN work with ASEAN Member States to assist in reducing the number of people trafficked into forced labour. Triangle in ASEAN is funded by Australia and Canada.
2. International Labour Organization and Walk Free Foundation (2017), Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage, pp. 9–10.
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