Torture in [UK] [other countries]Human Trafficking in [UK] [other countries]Street Children in [UK Child Prostitution in [UK] [other countries] |
Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children In the early years
of the 21st Century gvnet.com/streetchildren/UK.htm
|
||
|
CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in the ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** His killers were street children, fearless
and brutal with no remorse Stewart Tendler,
The Times, August 10, 2006 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article604939.ece [accessed 4 August 2011] Ricky and Danny
Preddie were court veterans, loyal only to each other and a gang of thugs. Danny Preddie had bullied Damilola
and is said to have coveted his silver jacket. Ricky is believed to be the
gang member who stabbed their victim with a broken beer bottle. “Juking” was
a punishment administered to anyone who showed the Young Peckham
Boys disrespect or resisted their demands for mobile phones, baseball caps,
trainers and cash. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless Rebeccas Community -- This
is for anyone aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 4 August 2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell
anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or
you are in danger. They are open 24
Hours - it doesn't matter what time you call
In the UK, call 0800 1111 Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61683.htm [accessed 2 January 2011] CHILDREN
- The
government provided free, universal, and compulsory education until age 16
and further free education until age 18. UN Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization statistics recorded 100 percent enrollment of children
of primary school age and over 90 percent for those of secondary school age. SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [d] There were reports that children were trafficked into the country and
forced to work as domestic servants, beggars, pickpockets, drug couriers, or
in sweatshops and restaurants. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6
October 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/uk2000b.html [accessed 2 January 2011] [43] While
recognizing the efforts made by the State party in the area of education, the
Committee remains concerned at the increasing incidence of truancy and the
number of drop-outs from school in some of the Territories, especially the
Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat. Helping children turn life around Paul McMillan, Evening Chronicle, Dec 10
2007 [accessed 3 January 2011] It follows research
by Barnardo’s in 2005 which revealed that 28
children and young people were being sexually exploited through prostitution
in Scarpa opened its doors
in October and hopes to have made contact with 40 young runaways and 15 young
people who have been sexually exploited in its first six months. Music saved the street children of Ben Hoyle, Arts Reporter, The Times, August
13, 2007 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2246441.ece [accessed 4 August 2011] In the violent
slums of Street children given a new life July 18, 2007 This article has been archived by World
Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] ANTOINE’S STORY - Hardcore hoodie
Antoine is 19 and has spent most of his life on the streets. He has sold
drugs and worked as a male prostitute to survive. When you read what the
young Londoner – now studying to be a barrister – has endured, you may
understand why. … Caroline Davies, The Telegraph, 05 Apr 2007 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1547698/Londons-white-slaves.html [accessed 4 August 2011] A new book, White
Cargo, tells how children as young as 10 were swept off the city's streets
and sent with convicts to work in But, to disguise
the fact these children were to be enslaved, officials sold it as giving the
underprivileged a new life. In truth, the City of Call for action to protect street children Jonathan Traynor,
Media & Public Affairs Officer, www.niccy.org/article.aspx?menuId=566 [accessed 4 August 2011] The Book Review: Street Kid: One child's desperate fight for survival by Judy Westwater www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3409249&fSectionId=375&fSetId=251 [Last access date unavailable] I am wary of trivialising her story by reducing it to a list of
horrors, but here's a short version as contained in the publicity blurb:
"Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father as a child and kept like
a dog in his backyard, Judy Westwater suffered in a
Manchester orphanage run by nuns before being taken to South Africa, where
she ended up living wild on the streets of Hillbrow
and joining the circus. Determined that her
childhood experiences should in some way give meaning to her life, Judy has
in adulthood worked tirelessly to help homeless children in The book ends when Westwater, aged 17, returned to the His killers were street children, fearless
and brutal with no remorse Stewart Tendler,
The Times, August 10, 2006 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article604939.ece [accessed 4 August 2011] Ricky and Danny Preddie were court veterans, loyal only to each other and
a gang of thugs. Danny Preddie had bullied Damilola
and is said to have coveted his silver jacket. Ricky is believed to be the
gang member who stabbed their victim with a broken beer bottle. “Juking” was
a punishment administered to anyone who showed the Young Peckham
Boys disrespect or resisted their demands for mobile phones, baseball caps,
trainers and cash. Child Trafficking in the Ambrose Musiyiwa
(amusiyiwa), OhmyNews,
2006-07-25 english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=5&no=293231&rel_no=6 [accessed 3 January 2011] She was a teenage
orphan living on the streets of True to his word,
her "savior" brought her into the Three months later,
when the 16-year-old Kenyan girl became pregnant, she was forced to continue
sleeping with a succession of men until she was almost due to give birth. The
heavily pregnant teenager was then removed from the brothel, driven out of
the town where she had been held, and dumped many miles away on the streets
of Consortium for Street Children: Briefing
Paper
[DOC] www.streetchildren.org.uk/reports/CSC+Briefing+Paper+StreetChildren+in+the+UK+5.03+-FULL.doc [Last access date unavailable] There are however
three main groups of young people in the Street children and crime in the Browne, K. and Falshaw,
L. (1998), Street children and crime in the [accessed 4 August 2011] Four street work
projects that provide information and support to young runaways in the Children "COMPASS" - A manual on human
rights education with young people -- ISBN: 92-871-4880-5 © Council of eycb.coe.int/compass/en/chapter_5/5_1.html [accessed 4 August 2011] THE STATE OF Book Review: Running the Risk Young People on the
Streets of Amazon.com [accessed 4 August 2011] PRODUCT DESCRIPTION - Based on current
work with young runaways this survey looks, in particular, at the work of
four Children's Society projects in Leeds, Shelter www.donation4charity.org/charities/shelter [accessed 4 August 2011] Shelter is a
national organisation with local solutions working
to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people. There has been a
200,000 rise in Dying for change The Big Issue in the North At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] WHY ARE WE STILL
HEARING ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE DYING ON OUR STREETS? VIEW FROM THE EDGE - Once a young
person is homeless, things can rapidly deteriorate. Many homeless people
suffer from mental health problems and are not receiving help. Hartshorn believes this is a particular problem for younger
men who tend to bottle their problems up. Homelessness and Education: Research from Comparative Education Research Centre CERC,
At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] PANEL ABSTRACT - The last fifteen
years have seen an unprecedented increase in homelessness in both Habitat Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Creating
Sustainable Communities At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 4 August 2011] Centrepoint Reveals
Exploitation Of Homeless Young People European Federation of National
Organizations working with the Homeless, 4/21/2005 www.feantsa.org/code/en/pg.asp?Page=7&pk_id_news=417 [accessed 4 August 2011] “Nearly a third of
homeless young people surveyed admit to suffering from stress, illness and
depression due to their debts, many believe they are prevented from a better
future because they owe money they cannot repay. Rough Sleepers Unit Parliament home page > Parliamentary
business > Publications and Records > Hansard
> Commons Debates > Commons Debates by date > Commons Debates -
previous sessions > Bound Volume Hansard -
Written Answers www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011218/text/11218w14.htm#11218w14.html_spnew4 [accessed 4 August 2011] The RSU has already
invested over £2 million from its Special Innovation Fund to put in place
education, training and employment schemes around the country that have
helped over 2,500 former rough sleepers to make the move to independent
living. The children and young people we work with [access information unavailable] The city street is
a place of refuge and a place of danger. It is an alternative to rural
poverty and to family violence, but it is home too to those who would take
advantage of vulnerable children, perhaps to exploit them financially, or
sexually. Some children live there - eat, play, work and sleep. New Government
drive to help young runaways Tony Blair, New Government drive to help young runaways, 22 March 2001 www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page2669.asp [Last access date unavailable] A quarter of those
who run away will sleep on the streets, and some will survive through
begging, stealing drug dealing and prostitution. As many as 10,000 runaways
suffer physical or sexual abuse while they are away from home. Runaway Children To
Get Help BBC News, 22 March, 2001 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1235441.stm [accessed 4 August 2011] Every year 77,000
British children under 16 run away from home for at least one night. Many flee physical or mental abuse at home,
and a quarter end up sleeping on the streets with
some surviving through begging, stealing, drug dealing and prostitution. The consultation
report was launched on Thursday by Tony Blair, who said it was important to
find out why so many children run away and why so many are reluctant to
return home again. All
material used herein reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107
for noncommercial, nonprofit, and educational use. PLEASE RESPECT COPYRIGHTS OF COMPONENT
ARTICLES. Cite this webpage as: Patt,
Prof. Martin, "Street Children – United Kingdom UK",
http://gvnet.com/streetchildren/UK.htm, [accessed <date>] |
Torture in [UK] [other countries]Human Trafficking in [UK] [other countries]Street Children in [UK Child Prostitution in [UK] [other countries]