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Forced Labor in Rubavu District, Western Province (2009)

A forced labor case from 2009 in Rubavu District, Western Province, Rwanda. 1 source on file.

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What happened

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.

Response and intervention

Police officers had been dispensed to all ports of entry to counteract child trafficking for purposes of human sacrifice. Trafficker was arrested in the act of trying to transport the children by border officials. More information: http://allafrica.com/stories/200909250086.html

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Kigali, Rwanda, 2023

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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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