ABSTRACT
The greatest incidence of child labour is recorded in the northern coastal area, and the administrative districts of Oporto and Braga together represent more than 70% of cases detected by the IGT. United Nations’ Children’s Fund suggests as a possible solution economic boycott and sanctions on countries that consent to the practice. The debate on child labour held in Geneva by the OIT from the 10 to 20, June 1996 published numbers of a worrying scale. The Commission of the European Union has tried to regulate child labour through successive directives. Child labour has a similar character and develops within similar contexts in all areas involved. Failure at school aggravates this marginality. References available point to a reduction in child labour. However, there are strong indications that much child labour has been transferred to the home and escapes the attentions of the authorities, perpetuating marginalization.
