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CAMPAIGN BY ANTI-SLAVERY | |
| In the Middle East, young children's lives are put at risk for the
entertainment of thousands of spectators at camel races. Children as young
as six are trafficked from Asia or Africa to supply the demand for child
jockeys. The camels are valuable assets, worth millions of dollars. The
children are viewed as cheap and expendable.
Following the deaths of many boys, from falls or being trampled, ASI mounted a successful campaign and the United Arab Emirates banned the practice. However, in 1997, newspapers reported the death in a race of another 10-year-old boy from Bangladesh. Children are still exploited to train the camels, and new trafficking routes have opened up from Africa. |
| URGENT ACTION ON CHILD LABOUR
Most people recognise that it can be beneficial for children to gain some experience of the world of work before becoming adults, but there can be no excuse for the degree of exploitation we witness today. Anti-Slavery has launched the Urgent Action on Child Labour Campaign to end this type of abuse. Your support would be appreciated. E-mail us for further details at info@antislavery.org . Click here to reach the page containing our entry in the Project HappyChild Directory. |
| Servants in Foreign Cities | Fish Processing | Domestic Servants | Bonded Labour |
| This page about Anti-Slavery's campaign against the use of child jockeys - http://www.happychild.org.uk/nvs/appeals/bgd1014.htm is located in Area 6 at Project HappyChild - PO Box 911, Epping CM16 4AA, England.
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