Programs that provide a safe, secure shelter environment for individuals who have been abducted, sold, recruited under fraud or pretense or otherwise brought under the control of another person, and forced, by means of threats, intimidation, violence or other forms of coercion, into unpaid or underpaid labour, servitude, prostitution or forced marriage, either domestically within their own country or internationally.

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Programs that provide legal assistance including consultation and representation for victims or potential victims of forced marriages. Forced marriage is a practice in which pressure or abuse is used to coerce one or both parties to marry without their full and free consent. The practice itself is illegal in Canada. Associated criminal offences may include sexual assault, threatening behaviour/threats of homicide as well as kidnapping, abduction, assaults, imprisonment and murder.

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Programs that provide immediate assistance for survivors of human trafficking (i.e., individuals who have been abducted, sold, recruited under fraud or pretense or otherwise brought under the control of another person, and forced, by means of threats, intimidation, violence or other forms of coercion, into unpaid or underpaid labour, servitude, prostitution or forced marriage) with the objective of defusing the crisis, ensuring the person's safety and helping the person to get the support they need. Hotline staff are generally available via telephone, email, chat and/or text.

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