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Child Labor in Kigali (2023)

A child labor case from 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Refugee children in Rwanda, particularly those from DRC and Burundi, are highly vulnerable to trafficking. Researchers report that some parents in refugee camps receive money in exchange for their children’s work in domestic service or commercial sex. Traffickers also deceive families with false promises of better opportunities and exploit children in domestic servitude.

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Rubavu District, Western Province, Rwanda, 2009

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A 36 year old female resident of a suburb of Kigali was arrested while trying to smuggle five children into Uganda without travel documents. She was trying to take them into Uganda through the DR Congo. She was a member of the same church as the children, and met them there. The trafficker will be prosecuted in court.

1 sourceArchive 2008–2016