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Bolivia to assume presidency of regional anti-trafficking bloc

Photo: Cancillería de Bolivia

August 30|

Bolivia will take possession in 2024 of the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Regional Platform against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants, thus leading the bloc composed of ten countries in the region, as reported Wednesday by the Deputy Minister of Institutional and Consular Management, Eva Chuquimia.

The authority expressed that the Plurinational State is ready to implement good practices to improve “the functioning of our platform”, she said referring to the community mechanism.

In other statements, the vice-chancellor expressed: “The main challenge is to detect in time the cases of trafficking and illegal smuggling of migrants, to prosecute and punish them”.

“There is fragmented information in the countries, so centralizing it is also a necessity. We are also very receptive to the best practices that we can implement for the operation of our platform,” he said.

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Initially, the news of Bolivia’s assumption of the leadership of this organization was announced during the IV Plenary Meeting of the Regional Conference on Migration and the South American Conference on Migration, held in Panama on August 23 and 24, together with 23 countries of South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

In her capacity as Bolivian representative, Chuquimia shared with the other guests the actions taken by the Plurinational State to protect the rights of the migrant population, both residents and those passing through her country.

During the IV Plenary Meeting, the participating delegations valued the need for a Human Mobility Observatory, as well as the need to strengthen the capacities of governments on migration and mobility issues.

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