Child labour: Increasing unemployment and poverty in Jordan drives child labour

Increasing unemployment and poverty in Jordan has forced many children, some as young as 12, to take up jobs under tough physical conditions.

A government-funded center is trying to keep the child labourers off the streets by providing them education rehabilitation and psycho-social support.

Al Jazeera's Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports.

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