2022 Trafficking in Persons Report: Haiti
Date of Publication
1-1-2022 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Human Rights
Keywords
Human trafficking, tier 2 watch list, protection efforts, prevention efforts, trafficking profile, human rights
Description
As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Haiti, and traffickers exploit victims from Haiti abroad. Most of Haiti’s trafficking cases involve children in forced labor and sex trafficking in domestic service, commonly called restavek situations, in which children are often physically abused, receive no payment for services rendered, and have significantly lower school enrollment rates. In 2022, an NGO estimated that of those children in forced labor in domestic service (restavek situations), two-thirds are girls, primarily victims of sex trafficking, and one-third are boys, mostly victims of labor trafficking.
2022 Trafficking in Persons Report: Haiti
As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Haiti, and traffickers exploit victims from Haiti abroad. Most of Haiti’s trafficking cases involve children in forced labor and sex trafficking in domestic service, commonly called restavek situations, in which children are often physically abused, receive no payment for services rendered, and have significantly lower school enrollment rates. In 2022, an NGO estimated that of those children in forced labor in domestic service (restavek situations), two-thirds are girls, primarily victims of sex trafficking, and one-third are boys, mostly victims of labor trafficking.
