HAITI / BORDER PATROL

UN police are patrolling unofficial border crossings on the border in Haiti to prevent child traffickers from taking children into the Dominican Republic. UNICEF estimates that at least 2,000 Haitian children were trafficked to the Dominican Republic last year. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:00
• Production Date: 19 February 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; CRIMES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: U110219b

Description

STORY: HAITI / BORDER PATROL
TRT: 2:00
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 JANUARY 2011, OUANAMINTHE, HAITI

Shotlist

1. Med shot, peacekeeper on patrol with United Nations Police
2. Wide shot, cars driving on patrol
3. Med shot, United Nations Police driving car
4. Wide shot, car driving through country side
5. Wide shot, UN police walking with local police through path along the border
6. Wide shot, UN police walking into trees
7. SOUNDBITE (French) André Perrin, policeman, United Nations:
“Child trafficking is a daily problem, one without end, that is very difficult to resolve.”
8. Wide shot, police with Child Protection Specialist Gallianne Palayret talking to two trafficked children
9. Close up, two trafficked children
10. Med shot, Child Specialist Gallianne Palayret with two trafficked children
11. Wide shot, Gallianne Palayret and trafficked children walking up path
12. Wide shot, Gallianne Palayret and trafficked children going into the car
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gallianne Palayret, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF:
“From the very preliminary information we could gather from the children, we think that their parents are actually illegal migrants in the Dominican Republic. And what happened is that they paid someone to bring their children to the Dominican Republic to be united. However, that person probably got scared maybe by the police or a community member, and just abandoned the children on the border.”
14. Wide shot, Gallianne Palayret, and members of the Child Protection Brigade at the police station
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Fabienne Jean Val Demar, Child Protection Brigade:
“We do research to trace the family, and we do the follow up, because we need to know if these parents, their possibilities, how they live, and if they can take care of these children.”
16. Wide shot, Welcome Center ran by Soeurs St Jean and a social worker giving toys to the children
17. Close up, teddy bear in toy car
18. Close up, face of social worker
19. Close up, table with children playing with toys
20. Med shot, back view of little trafficked girl
21. Close up, girl’s hands playing with Barbie doll

Storyline

UN police are patrolling unofficial border crossings on the border in Haiti to prevent child traffickers from taking children into the Dominican Republic.

UNICEF estimates that at least 2,000 Haitian children were trafficked to the Dominican Republic last year. And the impact of the January 2010 earthquake has probably made the situation worse, as many families have become poorer.
Much of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is unmarked and un-patrolled.

SOUNDBITE (French) André Perrin, policeman, United Nations:
“Child trafficking happens every day. It’s a never ending problem, which is very difficult to resolve.”

These two children have been found abandoned at the border.

SOUNDBITE (English) Gallianne Palayret, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF:
“From the very preliminary information we could gather from the children, we think that their parents are actually illegal migrants in the Dominican Republic. And what happened is that they paid someone to bring their children to the Dominican Republic to be united. However, that person probably got scared maybe by the police or a community member, and just abandoned the children on the border.”

The children are taken to the police where they are fed, and interviewed for more information about their parents.

SOUNDBITE (French) Fabienne Jean Val Demar, Child Protection Brigade:
“We do research to trace the family, and we do the follow up, because we need to know if these parents, their possibilities, how they live, and if they can take care of these children.”

After they are taken to a drop-in centres like this one, which have been established at several border points in Haiti, welcome the most vulnerable youth – including street children. Here they will either be reunited with their parents or put into foster-care.