Australia vows to fight trafficking for orphanage tourism in South-East Asia
Thomson Reuters Foundation Australia is cracking down on so-called orphanage tourism to prevent trafficking of children in South-East Asia, trying to tame demand from tourists wanting to do good, top politicians said on Monday. Children in countries such as Cambodia are taken from their homes and put into orphanages to attract donations and support from […]
Australia moves to curb trafficking in overseas orphanages
Thomson Reuters Foundation Australia on Thursday launched a campaign to stop “orphanage tourism”, which advocacy groups say has been used to exploit and traffic children in some of the world’s poorest countries. The United Nations and non-profit groups including Save the Children have warned that kids in countries like Cambodia have been taken from their homes […]
Australian Christian Lobby welcomes increase in aid to Rohingya refugees but calls for more diplomatic pressure on Myanmar
The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed an Australian Government decision to contribute an additional $10 million towards helping to address the Rohingya refugee crisis unfolding on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh but said it also needed to step up diplomatic pressure to resolve the situation. It’s estimated that more than 600,000 refugees have fled […]