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ARTICLE *** Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season in Gulf states Agence France-Presse
AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 17 July 2011] According to a study by the Imam
Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/saudiarabia.html [accessed 17 July 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61698.htm [accessed 21 December 2010] CHILDREN - Abuse of children was a problem,
although it was difficult to gauge the prevalence of child abuse, since the government
kept no national statistics on such cases. Although in general the culture
greatly prizes children, studies by citizen female doctors indicated that
severe abuse and neglect of children appeared to be more widespread than
previously reported. At least two NGOs, one in In 2003, the MOI's
center for crime prevention and research reported that 21 percent of male
children suffered from some form of abuse. The report stated that 34 percent
of the abused suffered from some sort of psychological abuse, and 25 percent
suffered physical abuse. The figures excluded female children and accusations
of sexual abuse, as the ministry stated that the issues were too sensitive
for public discussion. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26 January 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/saudiarabia2001.html [accessed 21 December 2010] [7] The Committee is concerned
that the broad and imprecise nature of the State party's general reservation
potentially negates many of the Convention's provisions and raises concern as
to its compatibility with the object and purpose of the Convention, as well
as the overall implementation of the Convention. Street life hits the most vulnerable Abdulrahman Khataresh,
Hassan Qurbi, and Hussain Hazazi, The Saudi
Gazette, Jeddah, Oct 17, 2008 www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008101719396 [accessed 17 July 2011] A recently published study from
the research center at Although a relatively recent
phenomenon in the Kingdom, the presence of children living and working on the
street has increased noticeably with the huge influx of illegally smuggled
children from Asia and Africa, mostly through the southern border with
Yemen. Neglected by families, often
deployed by gangs, organized groups of children aged between 6 and 15 group
and train before being let loose to roam the streets and earn a crust through
anything from pickpocketing to armed robbery. Away from the battlefield, the gang leaders
give orders from dilapidated houses in the most rundown neighborhoods in town.
For months boys are manipulated
and trained before they head for the street for illegal beggary, and
sometimes violence, to fatten the bank account of their master, and sometimes
even the biological father. The remit
of such a child may include daily begging with no days off, distributing
contraband material, and robbing shops, with some possible drug use to numb
the pain and deal with the hardships of street life. Jeddah is recorded as
the most popular place for children to beg in, followed by Makkah and Riyadh.
Street children under 20 years old also commonly fall victim to sexual
abuse and exploitation, says Mani Al-Dajani, a sociologist at 38,000 ‘street’ children in Kingdom, says study Hussien Hazazi, The
Saudi Gazette, Jeddah, Oct 10, 2008 www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008101018802 [accessed 17 July 2011] There are nearly 38,000 children
on the Kingdom’s streets, according to a recent study published in the
Security Research Journal. Some 68
percent of these children are foreign vendors and beggars. Most of these were
found to have entered the Kingdom on Umrah or Haj visa but never left Makkah. The study found that the families of these
children could not afford their education, compelling them to drop out of
school and have a second home in the street.
The study found that living on the street would lead them to child labor,
beggary, crime, and drug addiction. Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season in Agence France-Presse
AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 17 July 2011] According to a study by the Imam
Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in 83,000 homeless children roam Saudi streets - study Mariam Al Hakeem,
Gulf News, gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/83-000-homeless-children-roam-saudi-streets-study-1.171725 [accessed 17 July 2011] Around 83,000 homeless children
are roaming the streets of Rude awakening Peter At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 17 July 2011] UNICEF discovered child
trafficking in Parents, children complicit in human trafficking - Report Mohammed At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 17 July 2011] The report found that most
children started the journey accompanied by a direct relation, although some
children traveled with other children instead. According to the study, just over 50% fell
within the age range 13-16 years old, and of the 59 cases, only two were
girls. On arrival in Improving
Living Environments for the Low-Income Households MOST Clearing House Best Practices www.unesco.org/most/mideast3.htm [accessed 17 July 2011] NARRATIVE - For the urban poor, mainly the
low-income people, the government launched a serviced land plots program aimed
at providing them free land plots so that they could build their own
dwellings with interest-free loans from the Real Estate Development
Fund. In Illegal EXPATS remain on streets despite order saudielection.com/news_body.php?id=250 [Last access date unavailable] Many of the homeless arrived in The homeless often sleep in
makeshift shelters and wait for daily food to be delivered by charities. Many
have lived in the district for about one year after failing to use their
round trip airline tickets in a timely manner. Conference May Break Taboo On Sexual Abuse In Arab
Countries Dima Hamdan, At one time this article had been archived and may possibly
still be accessible [here] [accessed 17 July 2011] All experts on the All material used herein
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