EU in Malawi joins regional projects on human trafficking
Speaking at the workshop kick-starting both projects in Malawi, the Minister of Homeland Security, Honourable Peter Mukhito, the UN Resident Coordinator, Rebecca Adda-Dontoh, and the EU Ambassador to Malawi, Daniel Aristi-Gaztelumendi, welcomed the initiative and expanded on the impact of human trafficking and migrant smuggling on individuals, families, and communities and the need for strong regional cooperation and long-term solutions.
IOM Malawi
The BMM and ROCK platforms offer a decade worth of know-how and capacities, ranging from concrete operational guidelines and interview templates for agents of the law all the way to access to a regional network of government agencies involved in tackling human trafficking.
The combination of BMM and ROCK allows for the combatting of the crime itself together with the protection and assistance to victims of trafficking.
The projects, which have a regional budget of EUR28M from the European Union and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), will be implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and CIVIPOL (the technical cooperation operator of the French Ministry of the Interior) in Malawi for 36 months up to 2028.
