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Child labour horror - 16,000 being forced to work in Jamaica
At least 16,000 Jamaican children are being forced to engage in some form of economic activity...[and] over 7,000 are engaged in more hazardous work...which includes prostitution, the production of pornographic material and child slavery...The majority of Jamaica's child workers are found in the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries...Data on the number of child labourers was found in the 2002 Youth Activity Survey in Jamaica, undertaken as part of a national programme to address the issue of child labour. Under Jamaican law, it is illegal for children under 15 years old to be engaged in any form of work.