CHILD TRAFFICKING  AND CHILD ABUSE HAS TO COME TO AN END.

Trafficking in children is a global problem affecting large numbers of children. Some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year. There is a demand for trafficked children as cheap labour or for sexual exploitation. Children and their families are often unaware of the dangers of trafficking, believing that better employment and lives lie in other countries.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Sri Lanka's humanitarian crisis


Sri Lanka's humanitarian crisis

The government has called for international assistance as refugee camps struggle to cope.

After 26 years, the Tamil Tigers, who had previously managed their own army, police, courts, and even taxation system, effectively surrendered to Sri Lanka's army.

No one knows how the struggle for an independent Tamil homeland will turn out now, but one thing is for certain: the country is facing a massive humanitarian crisis.

More than 200,000 people are living in squalid refugee camps, after fleeing the intense fighting of the past few months.

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