She said this might be God’s way of taking care of us. Family involvement in human trafficking

Sarah Adeyinka is based at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. She has worked in the field of humanitarian aid for over 16 years with a focus on people in vulnerable situations and those in marginalised groups such as refugees, asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking and women working in prostitution. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences from Ghent University where she was part of the ERC-funded ChildMove Project team. In her research, she focused on the Convoluted experiences of young Nigerian victims of trafficking along their migration trajectories. She is the Founder of Cocreate VZW, Chairperson ad interim of the European Union Agency for Asylum Consultative Forum. She is affiliated with Ghent University as a Volunteer Post-Doctoral Researcher.

Ine Lietaert is based at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. She holds a PhD Social Work (Ghent University, Belgium) and works as an Assistant Professor at the United Nations University – CRIS in Bruges and at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy. She is also a Research Member of the Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) – Ghent University. Her main research topics relate to return migration, reintegration, assisted voluntary return and reintegration programmes, unaccompanied refugee minors, belonging and social work.

Ilse Derluyn is based at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. She obtained her PhD in Educational Sciences at Ghent University (Belgium) and is a Full Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (Ghent University), where she teaches courses on migration and refugee studies. Ilse’s main research topics concern the psychosocial well-being of unaccompanied refugee minors, victims of trafficking and child soldiers. She is also actively involved in supporting refugees and practitioners working with refugees and migrants, in policy research and policy-influence. Ilse published over 100 international publications and several books and is holder of an ERC Starting Grant. Prof Derluyn is heading the Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) and is Co-Director of the Centre for Children in Vulnerable Situations (CCVS).