Essay On Human Trafficking And Statelessness

I then introduce the idea of how statelessness leads to human insecurity. This is because one of the most difficult situations is living in a state where one does not have the right of freedom from want, freedom from fear and freedom from violence—as most stateless persons do not. In addition, I present the theory of “minority membership” as applied to stateless persons and how being part of the minority as a stateless person marginalizes them. Furthermore, this leads to how the stateless minorities are more vulnerable to become exploited, as they have no legitimacy in their state; thus placing them in situations where they can become a target for human trafficking.

In the article “Human Trafficking and Minorities: Vulnerability Compounded by Discrimination”, Heidi Box states that “if we assume that susceptibility to trafficking is impacted and increased by powerful “push factors” like poverty, disenfranchisement, lack of education, and so on, then it follows that minority populations are likely to be prime targets for human traffickers” …show more content…
The research concluded that stateless persons might intrinsically be more likely to fall prey to trafficking because they seek a better life away from home at a higher rate than citizens . Furthermore, stateless persons may become exploited at a higher rate than citizens in the process of seeking a better life away from their country of origin . Therefore, what truly matters when trying to understand the connection between statelessness and human trafficking is the risk that stateless persons may have due to internal root causes (such as poverty, lack of education, or risk-taking behavior) that can expose them to human