| Human trafficking has great potential to raise concerns, funds and border control measures. Using interview-based primary research, I examine seven Cambodian and Thai NGOs' and international organisations' (IOs) human trafficking prevention work, asking whether these projects fit with criticisms of co-option through donor funding or an anti-migration framework. Theory suggests substantial opportunity for both. However, my analysis of the seven NGOs and IOs shows that these organisations "frame" their agendas in ways that are likely to mobilise donor resources, rather than changing their agendas to match those of the donor community. These organisations are aligning new anti-trafficking language and objectives (including those set out in the 2000 UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons) with their previous and on-going work, target groups and priorities. Furthermore, both NGOs and IOs were critical of donor and/or national policy, including migration policy and the UN Trafficking Protocol. |
