Assistance and Support Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking - A Qualitative Study

71 5 Assistance and Support Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Introduction The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform (ICCLR) conducted a qualitative survey and analysis of the types of services and supports most needed by survivors of labour and sex trafficking, including the perceived usefulness and effectiveness of these services. [...] The study also examined service delivery models, source of referrals, models of inter-agency collaboration, and accessibility of relevant services in British Columbia and Alberta for meeting the needs of labour and sex trafficking survivors (including those at risk of or are currently being trafficked).1 Previous research has revealed a lot about the needs of victims and survivors of human traffic. [...] The study had the following components: • A review of the published and grey literature on the needs of survivors of human trafficking and on programs and initiatives designed to respond to those needs and empower the survivors. [...] The main themes covered by the interviews were: the organization itself and its mandate, mission and activities in support of survivors of human trafficking; the survivors' needs and the kind of support and assistance they typically require; the kind of assistance currently offered to these survivors; perceived gaps in available support and services; interagency cooperation to provide the necessar. [...] Given the complexity that still exists with respect to the definition of human trafficking and the understandable unwillingness of some interviewees to discuss the details of their human trafficking experience, it became clear that some of the individuals we interviewed had been victim of sexual exploitation and violence (sexual assault, intimate partner violence), but not necessarily of human tra.