Regional Mapping of Trafficking and Vulnerable Migrants’ Routes: Collective CSO Data on Migration Journeys in Central Asia 

The Safe Migration in Central Asia Project (SMICA) is a five-year program funded by USAID and implemented by Winrock International (WI). The project aims to increase the capacity of all stakeholders to meet their mutual responsibilities, so they are more self-reliant in their efforts to prevent human trafficking and forced labour, protect victims of human trafficking (VoTs), and promote safe migration. SMICA supports the strengthening of bilateral and multilateral country strategies and actions to promote human rights-based migration, counter human trafficking and forced labour; reduce the vulnerability of at-risk groups to all forms of human trafficking and forced labour; and expand and improve the identification and assistance of victims of trafficking. The project is being implemented in four Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan