Child labor, first increase in the world in 20 years

(ANSA) - GENEVA, JUN 10 - Child labor has increased globally last year for the first time in the last 20 years and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more young people towards the same fate: this is what emerges from a joint report created by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and published today. According to the two organizations, at the beginning of 2020 there were 160 million children forced to work in the world, an increase of 8.4 million in just four years. (HANDLE).