Commission finds Ireland's low rate of identification of child trafficking victims 'concerning'

The 5th European Commission progress report on the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings in the European Union aid that children in the EU are trafficked 'for all forms of exploitation, mainly sexual exploitation, but also for forced criminality, forced begging, forced marriage and labour exploitation'.

Ireland is “morally and politically obliged” to tackle human trafficking with every tool necessary amid concerns about the low level of child victims identified here, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

The commission is Ireland’s special rapporteur on human trafficking and was responding to the 5th European Commission progress report on the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings in the European Union, published in recent days.