Protection of migrants and Asylum seekers especially children and women coming from Nigeria and victims of trafficking//

Acronym:

PACKING

Funding:

Commission européenne - Co-funded by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights EIDHR of the european union

Project's holder:

Bénédicte Lavaud Legendre, ONG Ecpat France

Associated team:

Comptrasec UMR 5114 CNRS - Université de Bordeaux, IFRA (Nigéria) USR 3336, Association les amis du Bus des femmes

Duration:

2 years - January 2017-January 2019

Abstract:

The PACKING project will examine the “groups” and “institutions” that support the sexual exploitation of Nigerian women in Europe by criminal gangs:

• neo-traditional Ayelala temples in Edo state;
• women’s clubs;
• “cult” gangs.

The abovementioned groups will be studied from three points of view: socio-historical, legal and, for the temples, religious.

The project will be organised around meetings between researchers from Nigeria and France, thus helping with the understanding of a complex phenomenon that affects both countries. In the future, it should lead to the development of measures against people-trafficking as recommended by international treaties. The project will use two geographical areas: one in Nigeria and the other in France.