[2] In 2009, the Government of Tunisia did not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so.
[4] The Government of Tunisia made no discernible antihuman trafficking law enforcement progress over the reporting period.
The government lacked formal procedures to identify trafficking victims among vulnerable groups, such as undocumented migrants and those persons detained for prostitution offenses.
The government's social workers provided direct assistance to abused migrant women and children - including possible trafficking victims - in two shelters operated by a local NGO.
The Ministry of Women's Affairs, Family, Children, and Elderly Persons continued to assign a child protection delegate to each of Tunisia's 24 districts to intervene in cases of sexual, economic, or criminal exploitation of children; these delegates ensured that child sex abuse victims received adequate medical care and counseling.
The government does not offer trafficking victims legal alternatives to their removal to countries where they may face hardship or retribution.
The government did not provide anti-trafficking training for military troops prior to their deployment on international peacekeeping missions.