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Enslaved Children Freed After Being Forced to Make Christmas Decorations (1470L)

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Child advocates say American consumers would likely never know the origin of

goods made with child labor, which Brown says has become a global epidemic

that needs to be solved. In a push to garner more attention on the issue

worldwide, Brown’s office released a new report today, “Child Labour and

Educational Disadvantage – Breaking the Link, Building Opportunity,” which

says 91 million children in the global workforce are younger than 12 years old.

In the case of the children rescued in Delhi, he says they were both injured and

scared.

“Some of them are lacerated because they’re working with glass. And we found

these children in this basement. They were not being paid,” he said. “They had

been trafficked themselves. And they were making these Christmas decorations

that were being sold in our shops and our web sites in the West.”

Priyanke Ribhu of Global March says many children in India are often lured

away from their parents by gangmasters who befriend their parents in the remote

villages where they live. The gangmasters reportedly promise parents their kids

will be taken to a better place where they will be provided a real education and

many great opportunities they could not receive in their villages. Parents are also

often told the children will be able to send money back home to help their

families.

Far too often, Ribhu says, the children simply end up locked away behind

padlocks only to work 17-18, even 19-hour days with no one to help them.

Ribhu says holiday decorations similar to those discovered in the recent raid can

be found on eBay and in other marketplaces online or in stores.

In addition, she says, the items are often sold off into a sophisticated network of

suppliers that make it nearly impossible for retailers or consumers to know

whether the goods they are purchasing have been made by child labor.

Ribhu warns, however, there are some tell-tale warning signs American

consumers can be on the lookout for if they wish to avoid purchasing products

made with child labor. First, she says, if the holiday decorations you are

purchasing are not labeled with the country they are made in you might want to

be concerned. Next, she says if they have an unusually low price and are marked

as “hand made” it is another red flag. Ribhu also warns to be cautious when

examining “hand made” items that are also marked as being made in India.

No author listed. Enslaved children freed after being forced to make Christmas decorations. Available at Yahoo.News.

December 7, 2012.

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