The National Authority for Combating Trafficking in Persons (INLTP) announced that the number of victims of human trafficking in Tunisia has reached 1,100 Tunisian and foreign victims in 2021.

Morocco, Spain, and the European Union (EU) agreed, on Friday 8 July 2022 in Rabat, on a “renewed partnership” to fight against human trafficking networks.

The Guardian newspaper published a news report on May 18 about asylum seekers facing deportation from Britain. The report exposed one aspect of the exploitation of irregular migrants while they were in Libya on their way to Europe.

Austrian police have arrested individuals suspected of smuggling tens of thousands of Syrians into Austria.

In a statement, the Kuwaiti ministry denounced the content of a video widely circulated on social networks, showing mosque workers being blackmailed by entrepreneurs in exchange for the renewal of their residence permits. The Ministry classified these practices as human trafficking and stated that the case will be deferred to the competent authorities. The Ministry called on all victims to submit a complaint.