STORIES OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING | Vasiliy and Dmitriy
Channel: IOM Belarus
Date: 06/09/2021

Since 2002, IOM Belarus, together with its partners and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development, has been identifying victims of human trafficking. During this time, 3,950 people have received assistance.

These are not just numbers, but the lives of real people who have found themselves in difficult situations but have been given a chance to get out of them. These are the people we want to tell about in this series of videos.

Vasily and Dmitri went to work abroad, hoping for a better future, but in reality, they found themselves in a situation of labour exploitation, were deprived of their documents, lived in unheated caravans, and earned nothing.

To avoid such situations, it is important to check the employer and the rules of safe travel abroad carefully. This can be done by consulting with a free and anonymous hotline for safe travel abroad at 113 or 8 801 201 5555.

Those who did suffer from human trafficking are assisted by IOM Belarus with support from the United States Agency for International Development. Depending on the needs of the person, IOM provides temporary accommodation, employment counseling, medical, legal, psychological, and educational assistance, documents restoration, and other forms of assistance. Our goal is the sustainable reintegration of a person into society.