Igoye seeks to set Uganda free from trafficking
Saturday April 24 2021
Summary
Agnes Igoye has won numerous awards through her work in countering human trafficking. She has been named one of the most influential people in Africa. Her dream is to end human trafficking, train more people and support survivors.
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In her article, “Migration and Immigration: Uganda and the Covid-19 pandemic,” Agnes Igoye chronicles 2020 experiences of life during the pandemic and what governments must do to deal with border management and Covid-19.
She explains a scourge that gave migration a never-seen-before stillness, a disease spreading without the recognition of borders or class. Her communication is an exposition of the institutional and operational limitations many countries face in ensuring that people crossing borders are physically, mentally, financially and socially well off. In her view, planning ahead, inter-agency taskforces, better border patrol, international solidar