Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 12
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Children, particularly unaccompanied children, working in artisanal mining and quarrying have no other choice but to work in this sector as they and their families are in desperate need of an income and have no or no better alternatives.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences