FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM 3. 18 Vulnerability to Migration It is said that traffickers “fish in the stream of migration”.42 Therefore, the entire spectrum of migrants, involuntary resettlers, refugees, internally displaced persons, illegal migrants etc., are at high risk of being trafficked, particularly women. There is an increasing presence of women and children in contemporary migration because of unequal societal and family burden on them. With the increasing responsibility to look after their families, women move out to look for work opportunities. But, because of lack of education and job opportunities these women are pulled into sex industry, domestic work and marriage market. This leads to what is called feminization of migration. 4. Restrictive Migration Policy Despite the growing need for all forms of migrant labour, the immigration laws of countries of destination fail to satisfy the demand. Therefore, there exists a massive contradiction between the demand for labour and its supply. This leads to situations where the migrant labourers in need of work fall into the trap of traffickers and migrant smugglers. Further, the total identification of trafficking with irregular migration has led to more stringent border control and immigration policy. 5. Development Vulnerability Due to faulty development strategies, a divide is created between the developed and developing world, a divide that is replicated at local, regional, national and global levels. Increasing number of people from the less developed part becomes “commodity for consumption” for the developed part. The underdeveloped part serves as supply zone and developed as demand zone. Further, the promotion of sex tourism as a development strategy is also a contributing factor to trafficking for the purpose of prostitution. There is a connection between the influx of relatively wealthy foreigners seeking sex with women from developing countries and the movement of women into the sex industry to meet that demand. Therefore, trafficking in women and children is clearly both a human rights and a developmental issue. 42 Supra note 1, p.8.