Drugs, Human Trafficking, and Migration
Speakers:  Ms Cristina Albertine, United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime; and Ms Tinku Khanna, ApneAap Women Worldwide and Dr. Atul Ambekar
 
Moderator: Dr. S. K. Khandelwal
 
Drugs abuse has become a global problem, and in many places it has assumed an epidemic proportion. Demand and supply chain of illicit drugs has multiple complex issues threatening fabric of the society. It has direct links with problems like human trafficking.  Drugs and human trafficking threaten the human security and development of any country. It has a health angle as most of the people trafficked are vulnerable to violence, sex crimes, and HIV/AIDS. It is a human rights issue as well, since trafficked people are often exploited for forced sex, cheap labour, and drug trade. Organized illegal migration often sees many young people into the prisons, where living conditions are deplorable. Such young illegal migrants frequently have mental health issues, and become victims to drug abuse, and ultimately to HIV/AIDS