Children are listed among the most vulnerable, and sixteen (16) children were among the identified victims in 2017. Undocumented migrant Zimbabwean children were also subject to sex trafficking or forced labour. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)

Forced Child Labour

Forced labour is observed in poor rural communities where parents send their children to work:

• for wealthier families as domestic servants in cities,
• in agriculture and cattle farming in remote areas,

Children of the San ethnic minority group and undocumented migrant Zimbabwean children are subjected to labour conditions on private farms and cattle posts in Botswana’s rural west. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)

Child Sex Trafficking

Girls are exploited for prostitution within the country, in bars, and along major highways. Undocumented migrant Zimbabwean children are subjected to sex trafficking in Botswana. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)

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2017 recorded a high number of children trafficked with the number being more than four times higher than that of the trafficked adults. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)