orphanage

Australia has just become the first nation in the world to recognise trafficking of children into orphanages as a form of modern slavery. The Modern Slavery Bill has turned the spotlight on the role that tourists who support orphanages unwittingly play in enabling child abuse and exploitation.

Multiple reports of fake orphanages and the bitter experiences of children in approved ones have sparked a debate on whether they should be banned or not.

Seven residents of an unlicensed orphanage have died in a fire in Henan, central China, making it the province’s second tragedy involving children in one month.