Meeting of the spokespersons of the European Catholic Bishops' Conferences - Slovak Republic (Bratislav-Nitra), 16 to 19 June 2010.

Communication in times of crisis and public opinion building processes will be the focus of this year's meeting of press attachés and spokespersons of the European Catholic Bishops' Conferences in the Slovak Republic (Bratislav/Nitra), which will begin this afternoon and will last until June 19. The meeting, promoted by the Council of European Catholic Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), takes place in the Slovak Republic under invitation of H. Ex. Mgr. Stanislav Zvolenský, Archbishop of Bratislav and President of the Slovak Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Those trafficked within Canada often come from remote rural communities and places of high poverty and underemployment. Persons trafficked trans-nationally into Western Canada are frequently from Asian countries and may arrive under lawful pretexts as visitors, students, refugees, family-class immigrants or temporary migrant workers. Having been deceived and unaware of their true fate, they fall victim to ongoing exploitation at their destination.

Traffickers often maintain this cycle of exploitation through physical confinement; rape, physical assault and abuse; alcohol and drugs; financial control such as debt bondage; threats of harm to the individual or others; and abuse of the legal process, by seizing identity documents and instilling fear of deportation or arrest. Cultural and linguistic differences can also increase a persons vulnerability. Some individuals manage to escape, while others are rescued.