A escravidão no Haiti

Haiti has around 209,000 slaves, fueled by high poverty, lack of access to social services and a system of child labour known as “restavek”, in which poor children from rural areas are sent to work with families in cities. Rights groups say restavek children are often deprived of food, sleep and schooling and are physically, mentally and sexually abused. A draft law on human trafficking is now before parliament that would make child trafficking a criminal offence. --------- O Haiti é o país mais pobre das Américas e um daqueles que em todo o mundo tem um mais elevado índice de escravidão.