Slavery, a crime against humanity.

In Sri Lanka, the slave trade is not seen as a major problem though some families are known to use poor children for domestic work while unscrupulous traders and bussnessmen also employ poor children under the age of 18. Legally, they are considered as minors but little or no action is taken to prevent them from being used or abused for hard work without the basic right of education. Poor children are employed by families which apparently do not know they are violating the law and think they are doing the child’s family a favour.

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