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Papua
New Guinea Main Page
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Transnational
Issues in Papua New Guinea
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Disputes
- international:
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relies
on assistance from Australia to keep
out illegal cross-border activities
from primarily Indonesia, including
goods smuggling, illegal narcotics
trafficking, and squatters and
secessionists
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Refugees
and internally displaced persons:
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refugees
(country of origin): 10,177
(Indonesia) (2007)
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Trafficking
in persons:
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current
situation: Papua
New Guinea is a country of destination
for women and children from Malaysia,
the Philippines, Thailand, and China
trafficked for the purpose of
commercial sexual exploitation;
internal trafficking of women and
children for the purposes of sexual
exploitation and involuntary domestic
servitude occurs as well
tier
rating: Tier
3 - Papua New Guinea does not fully
comply with the minimum standards for
the elimination of trafficking and is
not making significant efforts to do
so; the current legal framework does
not contain elements of crimes that
characterize trafficking; the
government lacks victim protection
services or a systematic procedure to
identify victims of trafficking; the
government did not prosecute anyone in
2007 for trafficking; Papua New Guinea
has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP
Protocol (2008)
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Illicit
drugs:
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major
consumer of cannabis
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