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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years
of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Angola.htm
Angola is a country of
origin for women and children trafficked internally for the purpose of
domestic servitude and young men trafficked for the purpose of forced
agricultural labor. Women and children, primarily, are trafficked to South
Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and Portugal. Young
boys are trafficked to Namibia to herd cattle. Children are also forced to
act as couriers in cross-border trade between Namibia and Angola as part of a
scheme to skirt import fees. Traffickers successfully targeted children and
adults, usually women, from poorer families, who enter into work agreements
with relatives or contacts in other cities or provinces that subsequently
prove to be coerced and exploitive. Unaccompanied migrant children are highly
vulnerable to trafficking; trafficking victims have been found among them. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in
Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Children as Weapons of War Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch World Report
2004 [accessed 19 January 2011] TRANSITIONING
CHILDREN OUT OF WAR
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ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/angola.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation,
pornography, forced labor, sexual slavery, and other forms of exploitation
are reported to exist in the country. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - In 2004, the
Government of Angola concluded its national child registration campaign,
which has documented 3.8 million children under the age of 18 years since
August 2002. By providing children
with accurate, official age documentation, the government worked to stem the
recruitment of underage children by traffickers, and ensure underage children
were not admitted to the military. In addition, 45,000 orphans or children
living alone were reintegrated into family living situations. Human Rights
Reports » 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78718.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS
– The constitution and law prohibit slavery; however, there are no specific
laws against trafficking in persons. There were unconfirmed reports that
persons were trafficked from and within the country. The extent of
trafficking in persons was unknown, but was not believed to be significant.
During the year there were unconfirmed reports that a small number of
children were trafficked out of the country to Methods used by
traffickers to obtain and transport victims were unknown. The small number of
traffickers working in the country was not thought to be organized. The government
operated facilities throughout the country for abandoned and abducted
children; however, in many cases the facilities were underfunded,
understaffed, and overcrowded. A Catholic-affiliated center in Namacumbe,
near the Namibian border, assisted victims of trafficking to find and
reintegrate with their families. The government
provided basic assistance to trafficking victims on an ad hoc basis,
especially in the capital. Local social welfare agencies provided basic
necessities. This type of program did not exist outside of The government
attempted to monitor its borders, but lacked resources to do so effectively.
Efforts by UNICEF, supported by the government, strengthened immigration
controls at airports and border checkpoints. Immigration services at the
international airport in Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
November 3, 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/angola2004.html [accessed 19 January 2011] [66] The Committee
is concerned about the extent of the problem of sexual exploitation of and
trafficking in children in the State party and notes that internally
displaced and street children are particularly vulnerable to such abuse. Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/angola [accessed 26 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch [accessed 19 January 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DT1269 .A54
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2004 [accessed 19 January 2011] TRANSITIONING
CHILDREN OUT OF WAR
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