A Blueprint for Return Counsellors – Counselling Victims of Trafficking and People Vulnerable to Tra

Best interest of the child The principle of the best interest(s) of the child is one of the four overarching guiding principles on children’s rights (right to non-discrimination, best interests, the right to life, survival and development, and the right to participation or right to express views and have them taken into account). [...] Trafficking in human beings (THB)12 is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or reception of persons, including the exchange or transfer of control (ACT) of persons, by (MEANS) of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits t. [...] Communication workflows between the country of destination and country of origin In order to ensure a coordinated, dignified and safe return process, the following series of notifications between the return counsellors in the country of destination and the receiving organization in the country of origin are recommended53: Overriding Principles 45 A Blueprint for Return Counsellors 1. [...] Country of origin: ANSWER Confirmation of receipt of the request for assistance; Information on who is the key individual/contact and his/her alternative contact within the organization for all future communication with the return counsellors in the country of destination; Feedback about the Risk and Needs Assessment carried out in the country of destination and sent to the country of destinati. [...] If the assessment to corroborate the risks and needs by the authorities in the country of origin shows that the safety and care options available in that country would not be in the best interest of the child, the child54 should not return to the country of origin.