Protection
The Saudi Government has not improved its efforts to protect victims of trafficking but continues to operate three shelters for abused female expatriate workers in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam. It also operates facilities for abandoned children, including trafficking victims, in Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. However, the government does not provide shelter to adult male workers. There are no NGOs working with trafficking victims. The government mediates disputes and alleged abuses of foreign workers — including complaints of a criminal nature — and seeks to return victims to their home countries without adequately investigating and prosecuting crimes committed against them.
Read more about this topic: Human Trafficking In Saudi Arabia
Famous quotes containing the word protection:
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—Harriot K. Hunt (1805–1875)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)