BRIGHTON, England — Baptists in Great Britain are calling on their government and churches to do more for migrant workers and oppose human trafficking around the world.
The resolution came at the May 4–7 Baptist Assembly in Brighton, the largest European Baptist event of the year. More than 2,000 were expected to attend the four-day event involving the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the BMS (Baptist Missionary Society) World Mission. Event organizers planned the meeting to correspond with the bicentennial anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. They also used the occasion to launch a new campaign against human trafficking.
Baptists in Albania especially have focused on the trafficking of people within their country. According to a statement from the Christian missions agency, Albania has large numbers of women and girls trafficked through the nation. Two-thirds of them are sent to Greece or Italy, experts say.
Hannah Wilson, a BMS representative for counter-trafficking, said evangelicals in Albania have been helping trafficking victims through a women’s prison ministry. They are now lobbying the Albanian government to create anti-trafficking legislation and training people in churches to know how to prevent trafficking in their communities.
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