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Albania - Children - Adolescence U.S. Dept
of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs [113] The Roma or “Egyptian”
minority groups are significantly marginalized in Albanian society. The study
also estimated that the majority of street children in various cities in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Homeless, displaced or street
children remained a problem, particularly Romani children, who lived in
extreme poverty throughout the country. Street children begged or did petty
work; many migrated to neighboring countries, particularly during the summer. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
According to the CRCA, the majority of child
laborers worked as street or shop vendors, beggars, farmers or shepherds,
drug runners, vehicle washers, textile factory workers, and shoeshine boys,
some as many as 16 hours a day. In Tirana and other cities, children—mostly
Roma—worked as beggars or sold cigarettes and other items on the street; the
police generally ignored this practice. The CRCA
also noted that there were approximately one thousand street children in
Tirana. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [72] The Committee is very
concerned that street children represent the most unprotected category of
children in They're skinny, their clothes are
cheap and ill-fitting, their hair is uncombed, they're Roma, they're
Albanian, they're all from some other place. They
look weary and scared but they smile easily, like children do. They spend
their days and nights at traffic lights, or wandering around the areas their
boss has marked for them, restaurants and cafés, but careful not to hang
around too long, not to attract too much attention. For Albanians, It's
Come to This: A Son for a TV Judy Mitstifer,
43, a missionary from State
Report / Alternative NGO Report / CRC Concluding Observations [DOC] OVERVIEW OF STREET CHILDREN ISSUES
- STATE REPORT - Unsourced information alleges that there are some 800
children on the streets of Tirana as beggars, vendors and shoeshine
boys. Many of the street children are
believed to be Roma who are involved generally in begging and in some cases
end up in prostitution. There is
recognition of a rise in the numbers of drug addicts among children although
no figures are available. Trafficking in Human Beings in South Eastern Europe [PDF] ALBANIAN CASE STUDY: CHILD
TRAFFICKING AND MIGRATION [page 51] TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN FOR BEGGING AND OTHER FORMS OF FORCED LABOR - The number of younger children under 13 trafficked for begging to Greece also fell in 2002. These estimates are based, in the first instance on the number of foreign street children visible on the streets of Greece. In the 1990s there were thousands of street children reported in Italy and Greece, but now the number is much lower and, according to the Greek police, 90 percent of the 300 children arrested for begging each year at the streets of Athens are Albanian. Child
Trafficking in EU countries [PDF] The majority of street children in
Greece are Albanians. Child trafficking has concentrated on Athens and Thessaloniki. terre des hommes
estimated the number of street children in the big Greek cities in December
1999 at approx. 1000. According to the figures given by the Athens police,
about 300 children were picked up for begging, 90 percent of them being
Albanians. - htsc UNICEF Calls For Eradication
Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children In Societal discrimination against
Roma, the Egyptian Homeless, displaced or street children remained a problem,
especially among Roma children. They begged in the street or did other petty
work, and many immigrated to neighboring countries, especially during the
summer. The Roma and the Egyptian communities were among the most
politically, economically and socially neglected groups in the country. UNDP-Albania
Launches the National Human Development Report for Albania 20051 * Young people in * There are approximately 6700
employed and street children in * Only 3 out of 10 children attend
secondary schools in rural areas. * 64% of Roma and 24% of Egyptian
children aged 7-20 years old are illiterate. Interim
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper II. POVERTY PROFILE [9] Slum-like communities have formed around Tirana and other major cities, lacking urban infrastructure and services. Children from these communities often have to walk for about an hour to reach school. It is estimated that in Tirana there are about 800 street children. Everychild :::
Helping Children Worldwide - Country Overview1 New social groups, such as street
children and children who leave the education system early in order to work,
have been created; UNICEF states that there are approximately 2,500 street
children in Albania, and the Ministry of Education has reported that 16,000
children do not attend compulsory education. Project representation/childhouse Tirana The child house Tirana is a open leisure facility for street children, children from
ruined parental homes, children of former refugees and children from needy
families between 6 and 16 years independent of ethical and cultural origin,
their religion, ethnic origin, and gender.
The integration of partly handicapped children is natural in the
context of possibilities. 1.
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