UNICEF officials work to combat child trafficking on Haiti’s border

OUANAMINTHE, Haiti, 11 March 2011— Small dirt paths dot the lush and hilly landscape outside the town of Ouanaminthe, on Haiti’s north-eastern border. It is just one of a number of remote crossings child traffickers use to smuggle children into the Dominican Republic.

UNICEF is working with the Haitian government and non-governmental partners to combat child trafficking. As part of this, the United Nations police force (UNPOL) recently began patrolling these unofficial borders.

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UNICEF officials work to combat child trafficking on Haiti’s border