Centre for Child Law webinar in progress launching our research report, ‘Child Trafficking in South Africa: Exploring the myths and realities’. #ChildTrafficking

Research report presents 8 keys findings

1. Human Trafficking is not well understood and rarely encountered.

2. Human smuggling, often enabled by state actors, is wide-spread and often conflated with human trafficking.

3. The myths of child trafficking simplify the complex realities of child migration.

4. Child migrants fear trafficking but largely face other vulnerabilities.

5. There is little evidence of 'sex trafficking'. More research on this necessary.

6. State and non-state actors lack resources to deal with migrant communities.

7. Recent changes in law intended to manage migration, detect trafficking, and protect child migrants leave children more vulnerable.

8. Child migrants face challenges accessing education due to a lack of documentation and unlawful exclusion by the State.