Someone forces you to beg, in public or crowded places. 

You don’t receive all the earnings from your begging.

Somebody hurts or threatens you if you don’t give them the full amount.

Somebody hurts or threatens you if you refuse to beg for them.

Somebody injures you so you look like you need medical help, to increase the chance of getting money from passers-by.

Are you or somebody you know forced to beg? Contact 112 and get help.

Contact your service centre to get support for the family.

Children and their families can receive various support at the Reykjavík City Service Centres. For example regarding social situations, illness, divorce, disability and abuse. Children are consulted about the support according to what age and maturity allow. The support is both within and outside the home. 

To receive support, you can make an appointment for an interview with a counsellor at your social service centre by phone or email. Information about service centres can be found on the Reykjavík City website. If you are not sure which service centre is yours, you can see it on this map. You can also call the Reykjavík City phone service at 411 1111 to get more information. It is open there from 8:20 am to 4:15 pm. 

Íslenska, English, polski. Language- and sign language interpretation.

Reykjavík City Service Centres offer social- and family counselling for children and families. There you can get support due to abuse.

The Multicultural Center provides immigrants with information about their rights.

The Multicultural Information Centre gives immigrants in Iceland information on many aspects of everyday life and administration in this country. Their aim is to enable every individual to become an active member of Icelandic society, no matter the background or where they come from. MCC also provide institutions, companies and associations with advice and information relating to immigrant issues. You can find a lot of information on their website, for example:

You can get a language interpreter when you talk to counsellers at the Multicultural Centre. Their place is wheelchair accessible, but it's best to notify before if you need it. They don't offer sign language interpretation.

The Multicultural Information Centre is located at Árnagata 2-4 in Ísafjörður, but they service the whole country. Their offices are open on weekdays from 9 am to 16 pm. You can either call them: 450 3090, or send an email to mcc@mcc.is.

Language interpretation. No sign language.

Immigrants in Iceland can get information about their rights and obligations at the Multicultural Centre.

Stop The Traffik: Iceland provides assistance to potential victims of human trafficking and education about human trafficking in Iceland. There you can get education about human trafficking manifestations and possible resources. The staff of Stop the Traffik: Iceland speaks Icelandic and English, with the possibility of interpretation services to other languages. 

 Stop the Traffik: Iceland is a part of the international NGO network Stop the Traffik that works towards ending human trafficking of any kind. Stop the Traffik connects organizations in 50 countries with over 10 thousand volunteers around the world. 

Stop The Traffik: Iceland is an independent organization working towards educating human trafficking victims and the public about the nature of human trafficking, symptoms, and resources. 

When someone forces another person to do things that are not part of their job, it is called domestic servitude and is one of the human trafficking manifestations.

It is human trafficking when someone forces another person to beg for money in public for their own benefit. 

Forced begging

What is forced begging?

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Resources

Reykjavík City Service Centres

Multicultural Information Centre

Stop The Traffik: Iceland

Domestic servitude