Assessment of the challenges of rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking in Lorengecora Sub-County, Napak District

Abstract

We examined the challenges facing rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking in Lorengecora Sub-County in Napak district, Uganda, covering a 10-year period between 2014 and 2023. Based on thematic analysis of data drawn from 29 participants, our findings revealed that widespread poverty, complicity of community leaders in the vice and overcrowding at rehabilitation centres are the main challenges affecting rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking. The main challenges to the reintegration of victims of human trafficking are porous borders, gaps in parenting, and fear of forced marriages. There is need for skilling and awareness creation to enhance the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking.