Upcomming Trainings

02/27/2009

Human Trafficking (Modern Day Slavery) What adult Education Practitioners Need to Know

9:00AM-3:00PM

at the English Center

3501S.w.28th Street, Room E-1, Miami, Fl. 33133

Past Trainings

Training for Region 5 – Palm Beach County ESOL Teachers (December 2008)

Training for Region 5 – Miami-Dade County ESOL Teachers (February 2009)

Call: +850-644-4550

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 THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND

  1. Referrals are the key to success. You are NOT the resource for the trafficked person; you are the LINK to local, state and federal resources.
  2. Victim safety is paramount in these cases. It can be dangerous for a victim to go forward to seek help and so it is always important that the victim's safety is evaluated. This can mean working with law enforcement and/or developing a "safety plan" with an advocate.
  3. Victims need an advocate. It is almost always important for someone who is trafficked to talk to a lawyer and an advocate about any of these benefits and relief. The laws can be complicated; a victim's rights can be jeopardized by the well-meaning person who does not understand the law.
  4. Working with law enforcement can open doors to services. Most benefits require a victim of human trafficking to cooperate with law enforcement (federal and/or state) to receive social services and immigration benefits. This means that they have to report the crime to law enforcement and participate in the investigation and prosecution of the traffickers.
  5. Deportation is a risk. Anyone who is not a US citizen is at risk of deportation. Again, having a lawyer will help to protect a victim from deportation.
  6. Trafficking cases are complex. Human trafficking cases can be very complicated. There can be multiple federal and state agencies working on each case and there may be multiple victims and multiple defendants in some cases. Victims should know this and that it can take a very long time to receive some immigration benefits or see a trafficker prosecuted.