Day against child labour: 800,000 children work in coco plantations in Ivory Coast
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12 June marks the World Day Against Child Labour to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. An estimated 800,000 children work in the cocoa sector, some for their parents and some trafficked from abroad, according to a 2018 report by anti-slavery organisation Walk Free Foundation. FRANCE 24's Samuel Bernard reports.
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