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Positive Media

The ‘victims’ of trafficking are individuals with aspirations and desires, which usually make active decisions to migrate in order to work and improve their own lives. They are often angry about what has happened to them, and want justice.’ Louisa Waugh, Selling Olga; Stories of Human Trafficking and Resistance (Phoenix: London, 2006)

Definition

Positive media is that which raises awareness of the issues around human trafficking in the public domain, and which does not seek to sensationalise or criminalize the victim.

Legislation

The Home Office toolkit on human trafficking suggested that  
"The media can be helpful in a variety of ways including awareness-raising. It can therefore be helpful to take a proactive approach to the media where there are concerns, for example, about particular nationality groups. On the other hand they can be unhelpful during particular specific investigations... The press have a tendency to criminalise the victims in their reporting and it is important to counter this, as public sympathy needs to be engaged if victims are to be better helped and encouraged to come forward. Members of the public need to be made aware of the extent and nature of trafficking in people. They may then help report incidences to the police or voluntary sector. This can be particularly relevant to clients of victims trafficked into prostitution, where there have been examples of clients wanting to help the victim (possibly anonymously).’  

 

 

 

  

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