MARDAN
Labor Education Organisation (LEO) Mardan, a Non-Governmental Organization in collaboration with Migrant Resource Centre (MSC) here Tuesday arranged a seminar to aware people human trafficking and illegal migration.
The seminar was attended by large number of people from cross section of society. Tehseen Ullah of MSC and Hassan Hassas of LEO briefed participants about anti human trafficking laws and preventive measures.
They highlighted the tactics used by unregistered travel agents to lure innocents and gobbling of their money on pretext of sending them abroad. They said that human trafficking has not only tarnished image of Pakistan but it has endangered the lives of youngsters who are trying to find new opportunities in European countries.
It was told that about two percent Pakistanis succeed to find their target destinations while remaining 98 percent lost their lives in sea and fortunate ones are arrested and deported back to their country.
They also urged people to be aware of unregistered travel agents and avoid entering Europe by illegal means.
