Kenya Airways works to hard mitigate human trafficking in its operations, by training staff to identify the signs.
AIRLINES AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Since transporting a trafficked person to a different location is key to human trafficking, transport is needed.
Airlines can indeed sometimes unknowingly be complicit in human trafficking.
That said, air transport is sometimes the only way humans might be forcibly moved from one place to another.
HANDLING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Hence the need for airlines to develop strategies which help to mitigate human trafficking.
By developing such strategies airlines can avoid facilitating the trafficking of humans on their flights.
KENYA AIRWAYS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The airline, which moves over 5 million people every year aims to provide safe, secure and dignified services.
The African carrier trains its front line and check-in staff, airline pilots and cabin crew to identify the physical and behavioural signs of human trafficking.
Furthermore, these employees are trained in how to carry out the reporting protocols necessary to handle human trafficking.
KENYA AIRWAYS MITIGATES HUMAN TRAFFICKING : PUTTING SAFETY FIRST
Kenya Airways’ MD and CEO Allan Kilavuka says that the safety of staff and passengers is one of its core values.
Since aviation is a regulated sector, Kenya Airways has to comply with legal frameworks developed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
The airline says it is committed to ensuring that people using its services can move in a safe and dignified manner.
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Human trafficking can occur within a country or between countries.
In fact, the practice has millions of victims around the world each year.
AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME
Human trafficking is condemned as a violation of human rights by international conventions, but legal protection varies globally.
The United Nations has established a Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
There are 117 signatories and 173 parties recognise this agreement.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is the leading UN agency for migration, working to promote safe, orderly and regular migration worldwide.
