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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Growing number of
street children in Germany, report says Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German Press Agency) DPA, www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Growing-number-of-street-children-in-Germany_-report-says--_3618.html [accessed 19
September 2011] www.expatica.com/de/news/Growing-number-of-street-children-in-Germany-report-says_112806.html [accessed 3 December
2016] Up to 20,000
children and juveniles are living on the streets of Germany, one of Europe's
wealthiest countries, the children's relief group Terre des Hommes said
Tuesday. Domestic violence, neglect or parental drug abuse are some of the
reasons that lead to children running away and becoming homeless, according
to a report prepared for the organization.
The report's author, writer Uwe Britten, warned that street children
were in danger of becoming outcasts in society and later passing on this
status to their own children. The
study showed that not all those covered in the survey lived on the streets
permanently. Some used this option as an escape when things at home become
intolerable. Many suffered from
illness and had little prospect of obtaining regular employment, the study
showed. About half received some form of help from relief projects. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61650.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
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Although there were no reports of abuse of street children, the life of these
children often involved violence and abuse. Often these children were fleeing
violent and abusive homes. Street children frequently turned to prostitution
for income. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 30
January 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/germany2004.html [accessed 28
February 2011] [58] While noting
the efforts undertaken in this regard, the Committee expresses its concerns
at the increasing number of street children in the State party, as well as
the high percentage of foreign children among them. A capital that
can’t grow up Anne-Laure Murier, cafebabel.com, 29/08/2007 www-pre.cafebabel.co.uk/article/21969/a-capital-that-cant-grow-up.html [accessed 23
September 2011] www.cafebabel.co.uk/society/article/a-capital-that-cant-grow-up.html [accessed 3 December
2016] Last May, the
German daily newspaper Tagesspeigel warned that in
Berlin one child in three lives off 'Hartz IV'
(government aid). This is a new high for Germany and is more than twice the
national average. Is it an avatar of reunification? 60% TO 70% OF THE
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Individuals in the field and NGOs continue to criticise
this situation. 'We are counting more and more children on the streets,'
warns the person in charge of the Strassenkinder or
'Street children' association. They run away for economic reasons, but also
because they are abused, beaten, mistreated or they are simply missing love
and attention. Although this
problem is still much smaller than in other European capitals, 60 - 70% of
Berlin’s street children come from the east, according to Eckard
Bauman. As far as teacher Manfred Endom is
concerned, there has been a degradation in the
school system and he is worried about growing child poverty. Street Children on
the Rise in Deutsche Welle DW-WORLD.DE, 05 January 2007 www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2301119,00.html [accessed 16 May
2011] Street Careers In Dr. Hanna Permien, German Youth Institute 2003 www.childcentre.info/projects/street_children/germany/dbaFile11445.doc [accessed 16 May 2011] ARE Nevertheless, there
have always been children and juveniles who withdraw from the institutions of
socialisation, namely family and school, or from
community homes and focus their lives on the streets. But since the beginning
of the nineties, their number seems to have increased and they seem to have
become more endangered by alcohol, drugs, prostitution, criminality and
permanent homelessness. Perspectives [PDF] Off Road Kids,
Countrywide Street Social Work, www.offroadkids.de/fileadmin/off-road-kids_en.pdf [accessed 16 May
2011] STREETKIDS IN
GERMANY
- Every year in Germany there are up to 2500 children and youths, from 12
years of age and upward, living on the street. They
flee from negligence, ill-treatment and abuse, and live from begging,
prostitution and petty theft. Street kids dream of a safe and secure place
and don’t want to live forever on the street. Quite often they are inconspicious, young people - unremarkable in looks. They
come from all classes and walks of society and are not only found among
bright-haired punks. They would like to go to school or to start a
professional training. Sensitivity is often an
distinguishing trait. A lot of them are from rural backgrounds and hope to
find happiness and luck by disappearing into the anonymous life of a big
city. Children ON the
Street - Children OF the Street www.smart-art.at/strassenkinder/strastext-1-e.htm At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 16 May
2011] In Homelessness in Andrea Bistrich, "Share International" [March 1999
issue] www.shareintl.org/archives/homelessness/hl-abGermany.htm [accessed 16 May 2011] An analysis of
how/why some 860,000 people are homeless in All
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