Due to hostilities, many Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes. Refugees can be especially defenseless to people’s traders. UN study: measures to protect Ukrainian refugees in Europe helped reduce the risk of human trafficking Refugees and migrants Visa -free entry for Ukrainian refugees, providing them with temporary protection and target measures to combat human trafficking throughout Europe effectively reduce the risks of smuggling people, the UN Drug and Crime (UN UN) department, presented today in Kyiv. next week there are three years since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. The UNP UN study studies the scale and risks of human trafficking in the period from February 2022 to December 2024. Its authors used, in particular, official data, statistics, and also interviewed more than 1600 refugees. “War, as well as movement, financial and other difficulties that it brings can significantly increase the risks of illegal import of migrants and trafficking in people,” said Angela Me, head of the research and analysis of the UN UN. ~ 60 > “swift and large-scale movement caused by the war in Ukraine, due to which more than 6.7 million people They left their country, made many people extremely vulnerable in the face of such crimes. However, this study emphasizes that an effective policy of combating human trafficking and decisive, coordinated actions of governments can play a decisive role in reducing this risk, ”she added. 62 > 62 ~Until 2022, Ukrainians were listed among those who lived in Europe illegally. In the period from 2019 to 2022, citizens of Ukraine also amounted to 11 percent of all smugglers found on the ground borders who illegally transported migrants. 62 ~ ~ 60 > however, according to the study, only since February 2022 only Five percent of Ukrainians and six percent of non -co -shallows fled from the country, reported on payment for services for Illegal crossing of the border. Since the beginning of 2022, the Ukrainian authorities have reported a fewer cases of people trafficking, which may also be associated with a reduction in institutional potential. In 2022–2023, out of 277 cases of domestic human trade, a share associated with labor operation (49 percent) and coercion to criminal activity (21 percent) increased, and the share associated with sexual operation (29 percent) decreased. Ukrainian children have forced people to work, beggars, both within Ukraine and in the hosts. Children were also illegally adopted. ~ 60 > EU countries that accept Ukrainian refugees recorded a certain increase in the number of Ukrainians identified as victims of human trafficking in 2022, although this increase occurred in the context of the growth in the growth of the number of people Ukrainians in the EU are more than three times. In 2022, 402 Ukrainians were registered in the EU, both women and men who became victims of people traders. Basically they were forced to work. At least 25 percent of the victims were in the “networks” of people’s traders until February 2022. For comparison, in 2021, 65 Ukrainian victims of human trafficking were registered in the EU. 60 > study indicates problems in the fight against people’s trafficking related to war. It emphasizes the need to provide support from the Ukrainian authorities with regard to the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking, especially children. ~ 60 > equally important judicial persecution of criminals and consideration of cases of cases of Trade of people, according to UNP UN experts. The situation requires constant monitoring, humanitarian and protective response measures should be strengthened and expanded throughout Ukraine, especially among groups, most at the risk of human trafficking, including children, internally displaced persons, people without a specific place of residence and drug addicts. & Amp; NBSP;