Combatting Human Trafficking A Nonpartisan Policy
February 26, 2021
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Human trafficking is a bipartisan concern in foreign policy for the United States. In fact, the year that began with a presidential transition also started with National Slavery and Human Trafficking Month, which the U. S. has been observing by presidential proclamations for the past 11 years.
The State Department made that announcement on Inauguration Day. Indeed, incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken dated U. S. policy on human trafficking back to the Lincoln years. “More than 150 years after President Lincoln’s promise of freedom, an estimated 24.9 million individuals around the world are exploited by human traffickers,” Secretary Blinken stated when he designated February 1, 2021 as National Freedom Day.
Wilmington is one of the most visited cities in New Hanover County.
It s also ranked as one of the top four most common cities for the occurrence of human trafficking in North Carolina, according to Just Ask Prevention.
First Fruit Ministries in Wilmington started a safe house, called 5.11 House, that provides safe, stable housing and case management, housing navigation, peer support, recovery services, behavioral health services, primary medical care, and financial assistance to victims of sex and labor trafficking.
The house, which is a six-month transitional safe house allowing victims of human trafficking time to get back on their feet, has started accepting referrals for residents.
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