June 09, 2007
June 07, 2006- The security apparatus in Haja province has arrested over 60 children were illegally trafficked to Saudi in the last two weeks. Security sources said to Alsahwa.net that the children arrested were 6- 18 old years and that they are held in the juvenile center In Hardh district.
Child trafficking between Yemen and Saudi Arabia is a substantial and pitiful problem. Many destitute parents agree to allow their children to "work" in Saudi Arabia in the hopes that remittances may keep their other children alive. The smuggled children are often forced to beg, smuggle drugs or wind up working in near slavery conditions. Many are sexually abused and/or beaten. According to a highly reputable public figure, “some officials and members in the Parliament are involved in a mafia practicing child trafficking.†The figures are staggering according to a piece in the Yemen Times:
Children are trafficked by gangs through the land border from Yemen to Saudi Arabia to be exploited for begging and stealing. In a press probe published by Ukadh newspaper a few days ago, the stats and scores contained in the probe confirmed that around 50 thousand Yemeni children have been smuggled into Saudi Arabia over the past few years.
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