Nepalese girls as well as boys get trafficked across the Indo-Nepal land border from Nepal to India. The age of 13 years is the watershed year that conclusively precipitates trafficking.Boys are mostly trafficked for labour sector exploitation. Serious lack of local wage opportunities is the strongest predisposing factor that functions as the push factor. However, the presence of centrally organized criminal syndicate is not observed or confirmed, the findings said.The study also highlights callousness on the part of service providers. For instance, at the state as well as at the civil society sector, the system of proper data management and case management is absent.Several skill sets such as psycho social counselling is also missing at the level of personnel operating on ground.
The report in its recommendations have urged government and civil societies to put more emphasis on protecting potential victims from exploiters by means of education, intensify vigilance at transit points, increased engagement with the children and adolescents between the age of 13 and 18 in human resource development, ensure compulsory education upto the age of 13 years, strengthen victim assistance services and Juvenile Justice system, revive pre-existing child protection institutions, and encourage safe migration and tracking via biometric record.