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Haiti - Justice : Sénatus will crack down against begging with children
23/09/2012 10:10:08

Haiti - Justice : Sénatus will crack down against begging with children
After having declared Thursday he would take steps to ban beggars in front or near banks, Me Jean Renel Sénatus, the Government Commissioner, said he also intended to engage in the fight against those who use little children to beg.

"[...] There is another question, that of the people begging with children [...] Haiti has signed several conventions on human trafficking, Haiti has signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is inconceivable that in our society there are parents who are willing to lend their children to beggars [...] Thursday, I saw about 4 am, near the General Hospital, a lady who slept with a baby, that she had rented for come to make money [...] I asked her the question myself, I did not arrested her because I had not spoken publicly, to say what I would do, we want these people to know first, then we will apply the law. The Government Commissioner does not accept that, because the law prohibits it.

Now that I have spoken, by tomorrow morning [Friday] it is the start of the crackdown. We will pick up those who use children to go begging and the children, we will take them. We have already discussed the matter with the social welfare, to place these children in nursery.

There is no play in that. We will not let, it is necessary that these people know that children have rights and that they must respect the rights of children, we do not play with [...]"


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