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UNICEF Study adresses Child trafficking in SE Asia

Sep 2nd, 2009 by

According to to the report at  www.chinaview.cn, the UNICEF study reported on findings of the worst seven countries for child trafficking in SE Asia.  According to the study there are many contributing factors, demand for adoptive infants being one of them.

“The trafficking of children has become a priority concern to many governments across East and South-East Asia. It remains one of the most challenging child protection issues to address, with some advocates and practitioners claiming that the intense focus by governments, development agencies, donors and the media on child trafficking would be better placed on the wider issues of child exploitation, unsafe migration, or child protection more generally,” UNICEF said.

Read the whole article here.


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