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Millions at risk of child labour as growing numbers pulled out of school
A young boy and girl attending primary school in Betoko, Central African Republic
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MILLIONS of children worldwide are risk as a growing number are pulled out of school and into forced labour, including sexual exploitation, the United Nations warned today.
International Labour Organisation (ILO) director-general Gilbert Houngbo said there has been a “regression” in regions around the world amid global economic problems.
He told the BBC: “Compound the Covid effect with the rise in inflation and the cost of living that followed [and] it has just made things worse.
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