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THE GIRL CHILD MIGRANT

 

UN News Centre Full Article Link: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32746&Cr=migrant&Cr1=

UN Human Rights Expert on Migrants Voices Concern Over Treatment of Child Migrants

27 October 2009 – Child migrants remain especially vulnerable to human rights abuses as they try, with or without their parents, to cross international borders in search of better lives, a United Nations independent expert has warned.

Jorge Bustamante, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, yesterday presented his latest report on his work to the General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, saying that children are vulnerable at all stages of the migration process.......

Girls are the most vulnerable of all as they are often the targets of gender-based discrimination and violence, as well as sexual abuse.

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Direct Link to Research Report:

http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/savechild_07_cmcv_0108.pdf

 

Save the Children Sweden

 

CHILD MIGRATION

& the Construction of Vulnerability

 

"Child Migration and the Construction of Vulnerability" is a report on migration which attempts to look beyond the current emphasis of child migration (mainly trafficking of children for sexual purposes, unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugee children), to consider the broader context including when and why migration violates the rights of the child. It looks at factors that prompt children to leave their country, problems and risks when they are in transition, and their experiences in the country of destination.....

 

 

 

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