Sierra Leone’s Youth Migrants At the Mercy of Smugglers

Implementing Sierra Leone’s new law against human trafficking would protect desperate youth and women from exploitation in the Middle East.

Sierra Leonean migrants seeking better lives abroad are increasingly caught in a web of forced labour under the guise of work programmes in the Middle East. Two-thirds of the country’s youth, who make up 74.5% of the population, have no meaningful employment – making them an easy target for fake recruitment agents and trafficking networks.

Women are…