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of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs in many cities in
Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Cases of child abuse, abandoned
infants, child prostitution,
and physically harmful child labor practices remained common throughout the
country. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [63] The Committee is concerned
about the situation of refugee and internally displaced children living in
refugee camps, and regrets the paucity of information with regard to these
children in the State party report and the State party’s position that the
issue of asylum-seeking children do not arise in [71] The Committee is of the view
that implementation of the existing legislation is not effective, and is
deeply concerned that the number of children who fall victim to sexual
exploitation is on the increase in the State party. The Committee also notes
with concern that reports of sexual assaults and rape of young girls are on the
increase, especially in the north. The Committee is concerned that children
victims of sexual exploitation often do not receive adequate protection
and/or recovery assistance, but may even be treated as perpetrators of a
crime. Nigeria:
Police Rescues 105 Children From Human Traffickers The 'anti human trafficking piracy
special Investigation unit' of the FCT police
command has so far rescued 105 teenagers between the ages of five to thirteen
years from human traffickers, in different places in Abuja. He said the children were
trafficked from Nassarawa, Lagos, Kano, Kwara and some villages
within the FCT to be used as sex slaves and child labourers within the Motor Parks, Markets and restaurants
in Abuja, which contravenes section 19 of the 'Trafficking Act in Persons'. Musa disclosed further that one of the
suspects, Amina Adamu
actually confessed that she kidnapped the victims to the FCT
for prostitution as well as to be used as slaves, for her to get money. Italian
police break up child prostitution network Italian police have made scores of
arrests and rolled up a child prostitution network. Fifty-one people were
arrested in Italy and 15 in other countries, mainly the Netherlands. They are
accused of human trafficking, exploitation and kidnapping. In Nigeria, Nigerian women took very
young children from orphanages to work in the drug trade and as prostitutes.
The children are also believed to have been taken from asylum centres in the Netherlands. The police operation began in
October 2007 when, at the request of the Dutch government, 22 Nigerians were
detained in Nigeria, various European countries and the US. Nigeria/West
Africa: Human trafficking With increasing incidence of
trafficking in children, particularly girls for sex and domestic work, the
International Labour Organisation
(ILO) estimates that the incidence of child labour
in Nigeria for persons aged 10 to 14 years is approximately 12 million. "In the South-West, a greater
number of girls and women end up in prostitution, while in the East, the
problem affects mainly boys who find themselves
trafficking into agricultural, domestic, trading and apprenticeship
jobs," the report said. Also 60 per cent of women
trafficking victims for commercial sex in Italy are Nigerians. Story that touches the heart : Why prostitution rate is rising MY FIRST ENCOUNTER - Before my first visit to the brothel,
I used to think that prostitution was mainly for older women but it beats my
imagination when I stepped into the brothel and saw girls of 12, 13 and 14
years. I can’t imagine myself because at that age, I was still in secondary
school and was like a baby to my parents. The only thought that came into
mind was that, why should these ones be here? So after my project, I tried to
pry into their private life to find out why they are into sex work at such a
tender age, some of them told me some pathetic stories of their lives.
And a lot of them gave me stories that I was grieved about. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – VULNERABLE
CHILDREN - Generally,
the profile of victims and perpetrators of CSEC are the same throughout the
region. The victims are children from very poor families, street children,
refugees and internally displaced children, child hawkers of petty wares,
children who are beggars, school dropouts and children of migrants. PERPETRATORS - The majority of perpetrators are rich local nationals
like civil servants, politicians and businessmen. In ECPAT:
CSEC Overview - Nigeria CSEC is reported to be a serious
problem in NGO Periodic Report for Nigeria [DOC] Commercial sexual exploitation has
become a problem of special concern in Nigeria, both because of its scale and
because of its role in the development of the HIV/AIDS epidemic now sweeping
the country. Studies of sexual exploitation are scarce, owing to the
clandestine nature of the phenomenon and the traditional inhibitions on
discussion of sexual behavior. Few studies however, indicate that child
prostitution is now common in towns such as Owerri, Trafficking
nightmare for Nigerian children Ian Pannell of the BBC's PM program
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