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Tuesday, 28 september 2010
New laws to control begging
Disabled children particularly vulnerable:
Rasika Somarathna
Authorities will take a stringent approach and formulate new laws to halt organized child begging.
Child Development and Women’s Affairs Minister Tissa Karalliyadda yesterday said that the authorities had been advised to strictly enforce laws with stringent punishment for those who lure or force children into begging.
“If the existing legal framework is not adequate to deal with matters effectively the Government is prepared to introduce new laws,” he added.
The Minister said that around 10 to 15 years back there were around 20,000 child beggars in the country. The figure has come down drastically due to multiple efforts, he added.
However, the Minister said that it was brought to his notice that certain organized racketeers were behind forced child begging.
These groups take advantage of localized festivities such as the Kandy Perahera, Kataragama Perahera, the Poson season in Anuradhapura and transport child beggars, he added.
The Minister was of the opinion that there were shortcomings in the legal framework and that measures were afoot to fill these loopholes.
According to the Minister, the Police would play a major role in the exercise. The setting up of a separate unit to deal with child abuses within stations has been a part of these efforts.
The affected children are to be given protection, rehabilitation, education and other support. The Minister said local authorities and enforcement agencies should be more vigilant against organized begging. According to experts begging is the street occupation that places children at most risk in Sri Lanka today. Disabled children are considered particularly vulnerable. Some children are forced to beg by outsiders and some others by their own parents.
These children are often abused and have no opportunity for schooling or play.
@RAIHAN@
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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4 comments:
this news laws must pay attention for all countries as our responsibility to solve this issue. it must take seriuosly to halt chid begging. the government should play important role and must find the approach effectively. according to the minister in this article mentioned that local authorities and enforcement agencies should should be more vigilant againts organized begging.
yes, of course the child have right to protection, rehabilitation, education and others support in their life.
actually, what the articel said is new laws unable to halt child begging. so, the government ready to introduce new laws if the existing legal framework is not enough effectively..
sometimes we cannot blame government when they don't introduce the new law about this, if we are a good citizen we will try not to give money to them and give a call to police and let them handle this problem.
yes,of course in this case not means the government blamed hundred percent, but at least they should try to tho something new to cope this problem and more effort needed.
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