Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of female survivors of human trafficking in Northern Tanzania

Abstract

The victims of human trafficking experience a very traumatic experience from the time they are recruited up to the time of rescue. It is without doubt that they require rehabilitation process in order for them to recover to their normal being before being given other opportunities or reintegrated back into their communities. However, many countries have limited services to the victims of human trafficking and as a result, the victims return to the trafficking cycle. In many it is not clearly stipulated who is responsible for rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of the victims. It is from this concern the current study sought the importance of establishing and documenting information on the rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking in Northern Tanzania. The study applied a mixed approach technique where qualitative and quantitative methods were used to get data from the study area. Seven district councils of Arusha region were involved in the study. Data collection tools included a questionnaire, focus group discussion and interview. A total of 400 girls and young women were sampled for the study. The findings revealed that only 30.2%of the respondents reported to have received some sort of assistance and service from different stakeholders. Further it was found that study few respondents (34.5%) were willing to go back to their communities while a good number (65.5%) disagreed with the idea of going back to their communities due to different reasons. Much as these services seem to be crucial for the recovery of the victims, in the current study it was reported that they victims could not receive the said services due to lack of funds for implementing this services.