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Papua New Guinea’s undocumented children face ‘perfect storm of vulnerability’
Just 15% of children in PNG have their birth registered. Without a birth certificate, trafficking and exploitation are far easier
When 11-year-old Mary’s mother remarried after her husband’s death, Mary was left in the care of an aunt who exploited her.
Her aunt sent Mary out on to the streets of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital, to sell small goods and forced her to slave at domestic work around the house. Mary has never been to school and is illiterate.
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