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Monday, 30 April 2007 23:46 |
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Official reports claim that only 60 children aged from 9
to 16 live without any parental
control and care on the streets of Ulaanbaatar. But reality, is far
from that. Most of the children don't have any registration, so it is
hard to determine their number and location. Because of the lack of
reliable numbers and the apparent lack of control or care makes them
into an easy target for human trafficking. Who - apart from a few
peers - would notice the disappearance of a streetkid? It is widely
speculated that these children, living without
anyone's attention could easily become the victim of human
trafficking. Police reports that the scale of human organ contraband
crime
hasn't yet been determined in Mongolia. But the Mongolian media
considers the possibility is high.
There are many stories of street children
where some of
their friends suddenly disappear or just strangers in a car try
to take them promising to give some food.
People
discriminate these homeless children, saying their
number is growing and they'll
become invincible criminals when they grow up. Bu, arguably, they are still children and part of the future of Mongolia.
Though
the police reports that child selling contraband hasn't yet been recorded,
they were not able to guarantee its absence. The UN Human Rights Commisioner (OHCHR)
informed and alerted that human trade , especially children's
organ trade level is high in East Asian countries. It is clear
something has to be done, and maybe the first thing is to get a real
sense of the current problem and its scale.
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