Haiti Earthquake: Missing children
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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 25 January 2010 - United Nations officials say children have disappeared from hospitals in Haiti since the earthquake struck on 12 January, raising concerns of trafficking for adoption abroad. According to UNICEF and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR), child enslavement and trafficking in Haiti, an existing problem, could easily emerge as a serious issue over the coming weeks and months. UNICEF, out of concern that many children might be taken out of the country illegally without government authorization, has deployed two specialized staff to control documentation at the airport. Source: UNIFEED, MINUSTAH News story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=91&Body=Haiti&Body1
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