Modern Day Slavery
The UPAABC held a seminar on human trafficking with some community partners including the UBC Philippine Studies Series and the Liu Institute for Global Issues. The following is an article about the seminar that appeared in the Philippine Canadian Inquirer, another partner.
Human trafficking, sometimes called modern-day slavery, is the stuff a nightmare is made of. The most vulnerable – women and children – are taken from their homes, from their lives, from everything they know, against their will, to live in the underbelly of society, doing unspeakable things and having unspeakable things done to them. It is happening everywhere. It is happening in Canada
Both the destination and transit point for human trafficking, approximately 1,200 persons are trafficked to (and through) Canada each year. Authorities say, however, that the real number could be as high as 16,000.