[Stop-traffic] News/Australia:Australia unveils initiative to stop human trafficking

[Melanie Orhant]

Australia unveils initiative to stop human trafficking
By Christine Inglis
Migration Information Source (Migration Policy Institute), November 1, 2003
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=178

excerpt:

The Australian government has announced a four-year, $20 million
initiative to fight human trafficking, particularly to address the
problem of women trafficked for sex work.

Estimates of the number of people trafficked into Australia are not
available. Typically they arrive legally, but later join the 60,000
individuals who annually become illegal by overstaying the duration
of their visa.