GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study examined vocational and health needs of human trafficking victims for successful rehabilitation and integration, a case study of Edo State. Three specific objectives, three research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Needs assessment survey design was used for the study. The population of the study consisted of all the trafficked victims being 1420, NAPTIP management staff (9), senior staff (45) and junior staff (21), as well as stake holders estimated to be 40 and lecturers from the departments of sociology, and guidance and counseling in both the federal and state universities in the study area estimated to be 60, all giving a total of 1595. Purposive sampling method was used to obtain the study which consists of 479 respondents (i.e. 30% of the population). Data for this work were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. The researcher developed an instrument tagged: Vocational and Health Needs of Human Trafficking Victims for Successful Rehabilitation, Integration and Empowerment Questionnaire (VHNHTVSRIEQ). Descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment correlation were used in analyzing the data. The results revealed that there is significant relationship between vocational needs of the trafficked victims and their successful rehabilitation and integration. Therefore, it was recommended among others that case-by-case monitoring and ongoing counselling and assistance should be provided by local non-governmental organizations responsible for providing support and assistance to the primary beneficiaries at the local level, until they are sufficiently self-reliant to pursue their ventures by themselves. Key Words: Vocational needs, trafficked victims, rehabilitation, social integration and empowerment, health consequences, Societal, Economic factors