Caritas calls for a wave of solidarity against human trafficking

By Lisa Zengarini

As the Church observes the eighth World Day of Prayer and Aware­ness against Human Traf­fick­ing, on Feb­ru­ary 8, Car­i­tas Inter­na­tion­alis is urg­ing all peo­ple of good­will to help coun­ter­act the cul­ture of indif­fer­ence and exclu­sion that often sur­rounds the vic­tims. “This requires a wave of sol­i­dar­i­ty to receive, accom­pa­ny and defend the vic­tims, who need to be received with uncon­di­tion­al com­pas­sion and must be pro­tect­ed”, said Aloy­sius John, sec­re­tary-gen­er­al of Car­i­tas Inter­na­tion­alis, not­ing that the vic­tims are often “invis­i­ble”.