{"id":2332,"date":"2021-01-15T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destinyrescue.org\/nzl\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2022-05-19T23:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T11:38:25","slug":"four-new-border-stations-open-39-more-lives-rescued-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrescue.org.nz\/blog\/four-new-border-stations-open-39-more-lives-rescued-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Four new border stations open, 39 more lives rescued so far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Nepal, people everyday drive, bike or walk through one of about 200 border posts circling the edge of the country. Most travellers leave for shopping, family or work, but among the mundane, some of them are being secretly human trafficked.<\/h5>\n

Child Rescue has raised its presence from six to ten border stations in Nepal to find and rescue girls and women being trafficked across the border. Five more border stations are planned to be opened early this year too.<\/p>\n

Wayne, our country manager in Nepal, says these new stations will have a \u201chuge impact\u201d against human trafficking in the country.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Our ten are a good start. But we feel five more are necessary to really stem off trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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Since September, Child Rescue launched four new border stations in the country, adding to our original six stations. Three of the new stations are near the same region as one of our existing stations, while the fourth is in a new region and has already rescued 39 people.<\/p>\n

While these new border stations will dent human trafficking in Nepal, Wayne says it will take between 35 and 40 border stations in total to eradicate the issue in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s plenty of room for funders to come on board,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

When deciding how to expand our presence at the border, Wayne says he strategically plans growth where he anticipates most victims of trafficking to cross.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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When we rescue a kid, we track what area of Nepal they are from. With this information, we’re determining where we are going to put border monitoring points.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The scope of the crisis <\/b>
\n<\/b>Nepal, home to about 29 million people, is sandwiched between two giant nations.<\/p>\n

There is an open border between one of the nations, allowing travellers to scoot in and out without passports or visas, at which thousands of people do every day.<\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s border police and security desire to crack down on human trafficking, but often their resources are strained looking for illegal possessions, allowing traffickers to move their victims between countries without being detected. In 2016, 170,000 Nepali people were trafficked, according to global anti-trafficking Walk Free Foundation.<\/p>\n

Child Rescue is partnered with the country\u2019s police and security. They have requested our presence at each of our organisation\u2019s border stations. \u201cThey want us there,\u201d Wayne says.<\/p>\n

Wayne says there are also more victims of human trafficking following Covid-19. As lockdowns in the country lessen, \u201ctrafficking will spike even more.\u201d<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n