On March 31 in the UK, General Luong Tam Quang - Politburo member, Minister of Public Security and Minister of Home Affairs of the UK Yvette Cooper signed a Joint Action Plan to deal with human trafficking more effectively by preventing migrants through dangerous routes, supporting victims of trafficking and reintegrating into the community.
The British Embassy said the signing ceremony took place within the framework of the Summit on Crime Prevention and Control for the organization of illegal migration, held at Lancaster Building, London.
Attending and speaking at the Conference, Minister Luong Tam Quang stated: Recently, illegal migration waves in the world have tended to increase, threatening the lives of migrants and causing negative impacts on politics, economy and society in many countries. The main causes are political instability, violent conflicts, economic crises, unemployment, and climate change in countries and regions.
In the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam, recently, there has been a situation where transnational criminal organizations are taking full advantage of social networks and artificial intelligence to commit fraud to appropriate property, trade drugs, weapons, explosives, child abuse, money laundering through virtual currency, and human trafficking.
With the spirit of cooperation as a responsible member of the international community, Vietnam hopes to continue to learn from the experiences of other countries in preventing and combating transnational crimes, especially human trafficking crimes, to jointly build a safe, peaceful, fair and prosperous world.
The Joint Action Plan signed by Vietnam and the UK is the basis for continuing to implement projects of the UK Ministry of Home Affairs in Vietnam on prevention and combat of human trafficking, including a grant of 1 million pounds from the Modern slavery Prevention and Control Fund.
Since 2018, through the Modern slavery Prevention Fund, the UK has sponsored partners to implement a project on preventing and combating human trafficking in Vietnam. The project has identified and supported victims and vulnerable migrants, and communicated to more than 7 million people and trained 1,936 people who are likely to migrate and become victims of human trafficking.
