Human Trafficking Impact

THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT AFFECT ETHNIC RELATION
Firstly, the worst impact is on the health of the human trafficking victim. This is happened when the trafficked person are mostly women and children that are sexually exploited, abused or force into prostitution (Pokharna, 2011). The victims are usually transported from one country to the other country and this risky journey expose trafficked victims to injury and even death, while overcrowded, unsanitary conditions, shortages of food and water along the journey increase the risk of spreading infectious disease (as cited in M’Cormack, 2011). Besides, the trafficked victims also exposed to risk of contracting to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (as cited in M’Cormack,
2011) as a book writer Alexis Aronomitz stated that an estimated 80% victims of human trafficking are sexually exploited, abused and forced into prostitution (Pokharna, 2011). According to the United Nations it is estimated that 5.1 million people in South Africa are HIV-positive and according to recent studies, roughly half of all prostitutes have HIV (Bar & Noren, 2011).
This health impact affects the ethnic relation between Africa and others country when the World Cup in South Africa approaches. As the trafficking occurs mostly for sexual activity, the transmitted of sexual related infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS will be spread to the tourists that enters South Africa during the World Cup for sex service. Due to this, the tourists will spread the diseases and HIV/AIDS to other people after they returned to their country. Moreover, it is estimated half-million soccer fan of World Cup and this has increase the concern that more people will be the victim of human trafficking particularly the women and children (Barr & Noren, 2011). During the World Cup season, the visa control in South Africa seems to loose where people from other country can easily enters into South Africa.
Secondly, the human trafficking will gives impact on the psychological.
This is because most of the trafficked victim aged between 6 to 24 years, in which they are very young and will easily to force and give in to what strangers said and ask them to do. They usually forced into heavy physical labour in hazardous environments and also taught the use of weapon as they are recruited as soldiers in armed conflicts. The impact on psychological is when the children suffer from lack of self-esteem, emotional disturbance, disorientation and depression. They will develop deep psychological disorders as a result from their experience to be a trafficked victim for the rest of their lives even if they are rescued. This psychological impact will hinder them from a healthy state of mind in the future for their country as they are being trafficked to other country that completely stranger for them. This is a very traumatic experience or them (Pokharna, 2011). This psychological impact will hinder their capability to build healthy relation with people locally or globally as their state of mind is not well.
The other impact is human trafficking may cause in breaking down the society or family ties or even ethnic ties between countries. This crime weaken or damages the family ties of the victims as this crime involves the movement of people from one place to other place and this concern about people’s rights and freedom. Thus, the forced absence of women or children for trafficking leads to the breakdown of families and neglect the children and the aged. Even when they have returned to their communities after they are rescued, they often find themselves stigmatized and rejected by society (Pokharma,
2011).