| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year
2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children
between the ages of 10-14 years. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
*
In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages
of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* The legal minimum
age for employment is 13, but it is not applicable for household domestic
work, cattle herding, etc. Children play a small role in the work force.
(US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
*
Workers from Bangladesh, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and
the Horn of Africa have reportedly being forced into domestic servitude
and sexual exploitation. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Criminal rings consisting almost exclusively of foreigners bought and imported
South Asian children for the purpose of forced begging. During the year,
the authorities arrested some ring organisers and returned at least 76
children to their own countries. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Forced
child labour is not legally banned. Not many cases are reported, except
in family business and begging rings.
(US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
* There is forced child exploitation for camel-jockeying.
(ICFTU-APRO, Sub-Regional Seminar on Child Labour, October 1993)
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| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
*
An estimated 1,000 to 1,500 Indian
children are smuggled out every year to Saudi Arabia for begging during
the Haj season. From Murshidabad alone, some 400 children accompanied by
their chachas leave every year, and not all of them return home again.
("How
to earn big bucks: Rent a child to Chacha", The Asian Age, 16 March 1997,
cited in Child Workers in Asia, April-September 1997)
LOCAL
STATISTICS
* There are five
child trading rings in and around Murshidabad in West Bengal, which
operate by trafficking children to Mecca, says local police. (Swati
Bhattacharjee, "New Measures Needed to Tackle Child Trafficking",
Child Newsline, May 1997)
*
2,000 Indian children have been trafficked to Mecca over the last
3 years. ("Child
Smuggling Racket Continues to Thrive")
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Workers from
Bangladesh, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the
Horn of Africa have reportedly being forced into domestic servitude
and sexual exploitation. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Saudi Arabia is a destination country for trafficked persons. (US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
*
Trafficking in children for forced begging persists.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
*
There were unconfirmed reports that women were trafficked into the
country to work as prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
*
Criminal rings consisting almost exclusively of foreigners bought and imported
South Asian children for the purpose of forced begging.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
*
Some government officials believe that some Indonesian women are trafficked
as prostitutes to Saudi Arabia.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* In past years,
there has been anecdotal evidence that citizens of Kenya were trafficked
to Saudi Arabia under the guise of employment opportunities.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Nepalese,
Bangladeshi and Pakistani women are trafficked to India, and through
India they are trafficked to Eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Meena Oudel, Oxfam Nepal, 18 March 1998)
* In mid-1997, hundreds
of Indonesian women, most under 20 years old, were in prostitution in Saudi
Arabia. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Hundreds of RI's Women Believed To Work As Prostitutes
in Saudi Arabia", Kompas, 7 February 1997, citing Indonesia's Minister
for Women's Affairs)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* There are credible
reports that some women from Central Europe and Central and South Asia,
who are brought to the country for service sector employment, later are
forced into prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Workers from Bangladesh,
Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Horn of Africa have
reportedly being forced into domestic servitude and sexual exploitation.
(US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
* Some government
officials believe that some Indonesian women are trafficked as prostitutes
to Saudi Arabia. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* In mid-1997, hundreds
of Indonesian women, most under 20 years old, were in prostitution in Saudi
Arabia. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Hundreds of RI's Women Believed To Work As Prostitutes
in Saudi Arabia", Kompas, 7 February 1997, citing Indonesia's Minister
for Women's Affairs)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* In 1998 there
were 3,784 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 15% of
all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 36 cases of murder
(40.00% of all murders), 22 cases of serious assault (62.50% of
all cases), 8,276 cases of all types of theft (61.00% of all cases),
5,373 cases of theft of motor cars (70.00% of all cases), 30 cases
of fraud (35.50% of all cases), 39 cases of counterfeit currency
offences (25.90% of all cases),
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National
Statistics)
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| Child
Soldiers |
NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
* It is not known
if there are under-18s in government armed forces due to insufficient information
about minimum voluntary recruitment age. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Workers from Bangladesh,
Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Horn of Africa have
reportedly being forced into domestic servitude and sexual exploitation.
(US
Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Camel Jockey - There
were at least 20 cases in 1999 of underage camel jockeys who were
repatriated to their countries of origin. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Camel Jockey
- In September the Abu Dhabi police took into protective custody
and repatriated a 10-year-old Pakistani boy who allegedly had been
kidnapped from his village in Pakistan and brought to the UAE to
work as a jockey in camel races. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Camel Jockey
- Also in 1999, a 4-year-old boy from Bangladesh, who had been used
as a camel jockey, was found wandering in the desert after being
abandoned there by his handlers. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Begging - Trafficking
in children for forced begging persists.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Begging - Criminal
rings, consisting almost exclusively of foreigners, bought and imported
South Asian children for the purpose of forced begging. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Begging - An estimated
1,000 to 1,500 Indian
children are smuggled out every year to Saudi Arabia for begging during
the Haj season. From Murshidabad (West Bengal) alone, some 400 children
accompanied by their chachas leave every year, and not all of them return
home again. ("How
to earn big bucks: Rent a child to Chacha", The Asian Age, 16 March 1997,
cited in Child Workers in Asia, April-September 1997)
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