article_snippet.sent: us were told the man was one of the men running this "unofficial" displaced camp -- one of the many that has mushroomed in the town of Yola as the influx of people fleeing Boko Haram has grown beyond the capacity of the official camps.
article_snippet.sent: In spite of the harsh measures the Nigerian government has put in place to punish human traffickers, by the Nigerian government's own admission, 8 million children are currently engaged in forced labor.
article_snippet.sent: The Global Slavery Index says Nigeria has the highest number of people in modern slavery of any sub-Saharan country.
article_snippet.sent: Paradoxically, the group also rates Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency, Naptip, as one of the strongest government responses on the continent -- but it's clearly overwhelmed by the realities of working in what is now a zone of military operations, Nigeria's north.
article_snippet.sent: As the insecurity in the region has spiraled, the worry is that more and more children are falling through the cracks.
article_snippet.sent: And as Boko Haram increases Boko Haram reliance on child suicide bombers, concerns are growing that orphaned children could end up in the hands of the terror group.