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Strengthen the capacities of law enforcement to detect, investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants while protecting the rights of smuggled migrants and of victims of trafficking.

Country:

Algeria, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, El Salvador, Gambia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal

Type of practice:

Training and capacity building

UNODC has a long-standing expertise on building the capacities of criminal justice practitioners to address trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling worldwide.

ECOWAS Early Warning and Response Network (ECOWARN)

Country:

Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Type of practice:

Early warning systems

Pursuant to Chapter IV of the 1999 protocol relating to the mechanism for conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace-keeping and security, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has established a sub-regional peace and security observation system.

Regional Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme for Stranded Migrants in Egypt and Libya (RAVEL)

Country:

Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Niger

Type of practice:

Assistance programs

This project provided assistance to 841 migrants from Mali, Niger and Ghana were repatriated in the context of the emergency evacuation from Libya in 2011.

Returnees from Libya: The Bittersweet Experience of Coming Home Policy Brief (2012)

Country:

Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal

Type of practice:

Research and reports

This policy brief looks at the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya.