The Linkage between Migration and Child Labour: An International Perspective (original) (raw)
Child labour is a global phenomenon, particularly salient in developing and underdeveloped countries of the world. Children migrate from one place to another in search of employment and from rural areas to cities for better opportunities; children tend to work in urban informal sector, in agricultural sector and as domestic workers. The main purpose of the parents to send their children in urban areas from the rural areas is to earn some money so that the burden decreases on household expenses and children will be able to earn some money to support them and contribute in the education of their sibling.Globally looking at the larger perspective, 1 in 8 people is migrant and that includes 214 million international migrant and 714 million internal migrants, there are millions of children under the age of 18 who migrates internally across national border with or without their parents. Though migration can be positive experience for children and can provide better opportunities in term of (life against)forced marriage, conflict and natural disaster but there are also serious challenges and issues which can be nightmare for the children who are migrating with or without their parents without proper documents where legal protection is absent and where children are prevented from getting basic services like health care and education and in this situation child migrants are at high risk of exploitation and vulnerable to child labour and many children are ended up working as domestic labour and in agricultural field. Child migrants often face lots of discrimination in the form of non-payment of wages and threat of being reported to the authorities, children who are migrated from one place to faces discrimination in work, wages and long working hours.
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