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In the context of the 62nd session of the Human Rights Council, Liliana Sorrentino speaks on one of the most urgent and under-addressed dimensions of forced migration: how the loss of safety and legal protection turns displaced populations into a target market for traffickers. Drawing on her expertise in anti-trafficking law and policy, she explains how the breakdown of state protection, whether through conflict, persecution, or statelessness, creates the exact conditions traffickers rely on: no legal status, no access to authorities, and no safety. She points to the Rohingya crisis in Asia as a stark example, where displacement has fueled trafficking into sexual exploitation, forced marriage, and forced labor.
