A domestic servitude case from 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. 1 source on file.
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Burundian children trafficked to Rwandan households as domestic workers. Recruited through cross-border intermediaries promising schooling. Accused: Cross-border child trafficking intermediaries.
Rwanda Investigation Bureau. Intermediaries arrested at border crossings. Never Again Rwanda child protection.
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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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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.