Ananya Sinha, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Assistant Professor, NMIMS Kirit P. Mehta School of Law
ABSTRACT
Every day, countless women and children are trafficked. India is a country that serves as both a transit and a destination country within the context of the broader picture of trafficking in South Asia. A significant amount of human trafficking occurs within India, and there is also some trafficking that occurs from India to the Gulf Nations and to South East Asian countries. The buying and selling of children, as well as their transportation across state lines, occurs within the United States as well.
In other words, while there is movement of children from one country to another through procurement and sale, with India being both a supplier as well as a "consumer," there is also "movement" of children within the country itself, from one town to another, from one district to another, and from one state to another. This "movement" of children is referred to as "internal migration." It is carried out in a structured fashion, either by individuals or by syndicates that are structured, and occasionally by unstructured organisations. Additionally, this includes one's parents and other relatives.
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