Australia has become the first country to recognise orphanage trafficking as “a form of modern-day slavery”.
In many cases, children have been lured in to orphanages to attract volunteers; and it is estimated that 80% of children living in orphanages have at least one living parent.
The supply of Australians visiting overseas orphanages outstrips the demand and has created huge problems in South East Asia, Senator Linda Reynolds called orphan tourism “the perfect 21st-Century scam".