Europe — Counter-Trafficking Survey (April 2016)

Over the last months, increasing reports from IOM field staff in various locations along the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Balkan Routes alerted IOM to the acute need for reliable data on the prevalence of trafficking and other forms of exploitation of migrants and refugees. Building upon its flow monitoring operations in the region, IOM is now collecting the baseline data needed to develop evidence-based responses to combat these crimes and protect victims. These third results take into account the 3,498 migrants and refugees that were interviewed from 07 December 2015 to 18 April 2016. Rates of positive response to a trafficking or other exploitative practices indicator were higher amongst Afghans, Iraqis, Syrians, and Pakistanis.