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In this article, Kate van Doore discusses the need for establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia and explains the connection between orphanage volunteering and child trafficking. van Doore provides a definition of modern slavery and explains her argument that orphanage tourism is an exploitation of children, thus a form of modern child slavery.
There is evidence to suggest that where there is a demand for volunteering in orphanages, children are being taken from their families to fill those orphanages and pose as ‘orphans’. Many orphanages are established…
Man's rescue reveals a begging syndicate that exploits orphans from The Star Online.
This video is a part of the CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery. The video features an interview with Teresia, a girl who was recruited into an orphanage in Kenya from the care of her aunt and was forced to "entertain" volunteers and lie about the conditions of the institution in order to appease them. This was done in order to solicit donations, which were used to benefit the orphanage director, and not the children, according to the video. The video highlights the exploitative nature of such orphanages and strengthens the connection between orphanage trafficking and modern…
Voice of Asia reports that Indian police arrested heads of an adoption centre said to have trafficked at least 17 children to couples in foreign countries.
Accounts from volunteers, refugees, medics and others reveal that women and children suffer rape and other abuses at France's Dunkirk camp.
The expected vote could have a domino effect on how other countries handle inter-country adoptions.
Indian government finds that increased wait for adoption related to rise in human trafficking.
The Telegraph reports that police in China rescued 36 children from traffickers.
In the wake of a child smuggling racket being unearthed in the state, the West Bengal government on Monday announced setting up a panel for prevention of child trafficking.