Real question, hoping for real conversation : Does the government of a country have responsibility to stop kidnapping and child trafficking/ child slavery at its borders? If so, how should they go about it?
@SecondJon
I believe a government definitely has a responsibility to protect the rights of it's citizens. As slavery is the encroachment upon the rights of the enslaved, the government does have a role to play in stopping slavery of any kind, including sex trafficking/child slavery.
As far as how to do it, I'm not so sure on that one. I think a big issue is people being able to recognize signs of trafficking/slavery, and being able to report it. A lot of the push has to come from the citizens.
I look more to the model of OURrescue.org to fight this evil. It is a volunteer driven organization that works with governments to stop slavery. I think this organization with it's raining and experience would provide good insight into how to fight this.
Background : My concern is that in outrage over images from how the Obama and Trump admins have temporarily separated people at the southern border, which sounds legitimately traumatic, we may be advocating for policies that turn a blind eye to child trafficking....or even formally protect it under law.