War and disasters leaving more children at the mercy of traffickers - Nobel laureate

Heba Kanso - Reuters

Ahead of a second summit of global leaders and Nobel laureates on children’s rights in Jordan, Indian Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi stated that children are more vulnerable now than ever to trafficking "due to conflicts and natural disasters with millions without homes or families," according to this article from Reuters. "The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has reported a five-fold increase in the number of refugee and migrant children traveling alone since 2010, with 300,000 unaccompanied children on the move in the combined years of 2015 and 2016." Satyarthi calls for a global agency using modern technology to tackle child trafficking.