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Ghana Modern Slavery - Mar 2007

Young Boys From Ghana Remove Fish From Nets in Yeji a Fishing Village On Lake Volta Cental Ghana Wednesday 21 March 2007 This Boy is One of Thousands Employed in the Fishing Industry Here As the World Prepares to Mark the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-atlantic Slave Trade This Sunday 25 March 2007 Campaigners Say There Are Still Up to 27 Million Enslaved Worldwide Today Modern Forms of Slavery Include Forced Labour Many Young Boys Are Given Or Sold to Fishermen On Lake Volta by Their Impoverished Parents Who Hope the Child Will Receive Schooling and an Apprenticeship in Fishing However Most of the Boys Some As Young As Four Years Old Receive Neither of These Things and Are Kept For Years and Forced to Work Everyday On the Fishing Boats Since 2003 International and Local Agencies Have Rescued 612 Children From This Form of Modern Slavery On the Lake and Reunited Them with Their Families

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