NEPALGUNJ: A total of 434 women and girls vulnerable to trafficking were rescued from Jamunaha checkpoint in Nepalgunj in the year 2021.
According to Maiti Nepal Nepalgunj coordinator Keshav Koirala, among the rescued ones, 432 were reconnected with family and subsequently educated about human trafficking and safe migration. Majority of the rescued ones were from Surkhet district, shared Koirala, adding that 11 people who were sexual abused were also among the rescued ones.
Maiti Nepal received 525 applications requesting for the search for missing persons in 2021. Out of them, only 23 were found, Koirala said. Search and rescue operation has not become effective in lack of mechanism with the state in this regard, he added.
Similarly, whereabouts of 322 who left for India and other countries through the same checkpoint were unknown, according to Maiti Nepal.
Efforts were being made coordinating with social organizations and government agencies abroad to find out their whereabouts.
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