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INVISIBLE IN PLAIN SIGHT IS A PUBLIC ART- INSTALLATION THAT SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND TELL THE REAL STORIES OF ITS VICTIMS WHO LIVE AMONGST US, BUT OFTEN REMAIN UNSEEN.

THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SILHOUETTES REPRESENT OVER 120.000 UKRAINIANS WHO HAVE FALLEN PREY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SINCE 1991 (ACCORDING TO IOM-COMMISSIONED RESEARCH). 54 OF THE SILHOUETTES ARE WOMEN, 54 ARE MEN AND 12 ARE CHILDREN.

THIS REFLECTS THE CURRENT STATISTICS OF VICTIMS TURNING FOR ASSISTANCE IN UKRAINE, AMONG WHOM THE NUMBER OF MEN AND WOMEN IS ABOUT EQUAL, AND 10% ARE CHILDREN.

THE TWELVE STORIES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON THE SILHOUETTES ARE BASED ON THE TESTIMONIES OF TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS. THE SILHOUETTES WERE PRODUCED BY A FORMER VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING, WHO AS PART OF THE IOM REINTEGRATION PROGRAMME STARTED HIS OWN FURNITURE AND WOODWORK BUSINESS TOM’S EXPERIENCE AROUND THE GLOBE SHOWS THAT IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND CONFLICT PEOPLE BECOME INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, YET LESS ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THIS ISSUE, WHICH HAS A LASTING NEGATIVE EFFECT ON COMMUNITIES. THEREFORE, GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE SHOULD REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO ASSIST THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM IT. THE PROBLEM OF MODERN-DAY SLAVERY CAN AFFECT ANYONE.

LEARN MORE: THE NATIONAL MIGRANT ADVICE AND COUNTER-TRAFFICKING HOTLINE (CONSULTATIONS ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, ANONYMOUSLY AND CONFIDENTIALLY) 0800 505 501 (FREE FROM LANDLINE PHONES WITHIN UKRAINE 527 (FREE FROM MOBILE PHONES OPERATED BY KYIVSTAR, MTS, LIFE:1 AND BEELINE) , STATE TOLL-FREE HOTLINE (MON-FRI, 10.00 AM TO 9.00 PM, SAT 10.00 AM TO 6.00 PM] 0800 507 309

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