联合国儿童基金会说，一些海地儿童在医院失踪，这让人们担心，在上星期地震导致数以千的家庭离散后，这些儿童会被贩卖。
联合国儿童基金会负责儿童保护的高级区域顾问让克劳德.勒格朗说，该组织已经记录了约15件儿童失踪案。他说，有证据显示有人带着儿童过境到多米尼加共和国，并且有飞机在机场装载儿童。勒格朗说，联合国儿童基金会和它的伙伴已经建立了监控系统，登记失踪儿童，并尽力阻止贩卖情况发生。
联合国儿童基金会还建立了20个援助中心，儿童可以在那里得到照顾。那里的救援人员正设法确认无人陪伴儿童的身份，让他们和家人团聚。即使在地震发生前，海地儿童就面临被贩卖和被奴役的危险。联合国儿童基金会说，有记录在册的证据显示，许多儿童被非法带出海地。
The United Nations Children's Fund says some Haitian children are missing from hospitals, raising concerns of child trafficking after last week's earthquake separated thousands of families.
UNICEF Senior Regional Adviser for Child Protection, Jean-Claude Legrand, says the group has documented about 15 disappearances. He said there are indications of people crossing into the Dominican Republic with children and of planes loading children at the airport.Legrand said UNICEF and its partners have set up a surveillance system to register disappearances and try to prevent them.
UNICEF has also set up 20 centers where children can get care. Aid workers at the sites are working to identify unaccompanied children and reunite them with their families.Even before the quake, children in Haiti were at great risk of being trafficked or enslaved. UNICEF says there is documented evidence showing many children have been taken out of the country illegally.
