A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, killing and displacing large numbers of people and disrupting family care, schooling, and social services. UNICEF warned in its post-earthquake reporting that separation and hardship could increase children’s vulnerability to domestic servitude, including restavek exploitation. The disaster did not create the practice: it intensified conditions that had long made poor and displaced children vulnerable to coercive labor and trafficking.
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What crisis followed the earthquake of 12 January 2010?
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Post-earthquake reporting warned that displacement could increase risks; the practice predated the quake.
The 2010 earthquake created the restavek system.
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Restavek exploitation predated the earthquake; disaster conditions increased vulnerabilities.