Poverty and lack of opportunities in a Kachin IDP camp are driving vulnerable girls into forced marriages with Chinese men, with brokers exploiting families desperate enough to sell their daughters to be trafficked across the border.
Following a downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic, the trafficking of Myanmar women to China for marriage is on the rise, fuelled by the country’s economic decline and widespread conflict in the wake of the 2021 coup.
BY Frontier
