Trafficking in persons Comoros, in 11 editions.

current situation:
Comoros is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and reportedly sex trafficking; Comoran children are subjected to forced to labor within the country in domestic service, roadside and market street vending, baking, agriculture, and agriculture sometimes criminal activities; some Comoran students at Koranic schools are exploited for forced agricultural or domestic labor, sometimes being subjected to physical and sexual abuse; Comoros may be particularly vulnerable to transnational trafficking because of inadequate border controls, government corruption, and the presence of criminal networks
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - Comoros does not fully comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; although the government, in partnership with international organizations, began implementation of a National Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Plan, through which 40 former child soldiers, government provided some of whom were trafficking victims, received protective services; it also began implementation of a national action plan funding to address UNICEF-supported, NGO-run centers, victim protection provisions remained very modest; the worst forms of child labor; however, negligible efforts were made to prevent government relies on donor funding and international organization partners for the use majority of forced its anti-trafficking efforts; a new law was passed prohibiting child labor or to investigate suspected cases; the government made no discernible efforts to investigate, prosecute, or convict trafficking offenders, under existing legislation; care and the penal code was revised to victims of sex or labor trafficking include prohibitions against and prevention efforts were minimal (2011) penalties for human trafficking, but these modifications await parliamentary adoption (2013)

current situation:
Comoros is a source country for children subjected to forced labor and reportedly and, reportedly, sex trafficking; trafficking domestically, and women and children are subjected to forced labor in Mayotte; it is possibly a transit and destination country for Malagasy women and girls and a transit country for East African women and girls exploited in domestic service in the Middle East; Comoran children are forced to labor within the country in domestic service, roadside and street vending, baking, agriculture, fishing, and sometimes criminal activities; agriculture; some Comoran students at Koranic schools are exploited for forced agricultural or domestic labor, sometimes being subjected to physical and sexual abuse; Comoros may be particularly vulnerable to transnational trafficking because of inadequate border controls, government corruption, and the presence of international criminal networks
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - 3 – Comoros does not comply fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is trafficking and was placed on Tier 3 after being on the Tier 2 Watch List for two consecutive years without making significant efforts progress; Parliament passed revisions to do so; although the government provided some funding to UNICEF-supported, NGO-run centers, victim protection penal code in 2014, including anti-trafficking provisions remained very modest; the government relies on donor funding and international organization partners for enforcement guidelines, but these amendments have not yet been passed approved by the majority of its anti-trafficking efforts; President and put into effect; a new child labor law was passed in 2015 prohibiting child trafficking, but existing laws do not criminalize the forced prostitution of adults; authorities did not investigate, prosecute, or convict alleged trafficking and offenders, including complicit officials; the penal code was revised to include prohibitions against government lacked victim identification and penalties for human trafficking, but these modifications await parliamentary adoption (2013) care referral procedures, did not assist any victims during 2014, and provided minimal support to NGOs offering victims psychosocial services (2015)

current situation: human traffickers may exploit domestic and foreign victims in Comoros and Comorians abroad; some Comorian and Malagasy women are subject to forced labor in the Middle East; adults and children may be forced to work in agriculture, construction, or as domestics in Mayotte; children abandoned by parents who left to seek jobs abroad are vulnerable to exploitation in domestic service, vending, baking, fishing, and agriculture; children from poor families whose parents place them with a relative or acquaintance for educational opportunities are vulnerable to domestic servitude and physical and sexual abuse; some children in Koranic schools may experience forced labor in agriculture or domestic servitude; inadequate border controls; government corruption, and international crime networks leave Comorians vulnerable to international trafficking
tier rating: Tier 3 — Comoros does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the Anti-Trafficking Task Force met for the first time since 2017 and began drafting a national action plan for combatting trafficking; the government took steps to ratify the 2000 UN TIP Protocol and supported centers that would identify and provide care to victims of crime, crime and would include trafficking victims; however, authorities continued to lack an understanding of trafficking and did not make any anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts; the government did not investigate, prosecute, or convict any alleged traffickers or officials suspected of complicity in trafficking; the government did not develop any standing standard operating procedures for identifying trafficking victims and referring them to limited care providers; no public awareness campaigns were conducted (2020)
trafficking profile: human traffickers may exploit domestic and foreign victims in Comoros and Comorians abroad; some Comorian and Malagasy women are subject to forced labor in the Middle East; adults and children may be forced to work in agriculture, construction, or as domestics in Mayotte; children abandoned by parents who left to seek jobs abroad are vulnerable to exploitation in domestic service, vending, baking, fishing, and agriculture; children from poor families whose parents place them with a relative or acquaintance for educational opportunities are vulnerable to domestic servitude and physical and sexual abuse; some children in Koranic schools may experience forced labor in agriculture or domestic servitude; inadequate border controls; government corruption, and international crime networks leave Comorians vulnerable to international trafficking