DHAKA — One hundred and four children, who were trafficked from Bangladesh and employed as camel jockeys, will be repatriated from the United Arab Emirates soon.
A three-member delegation left for the UAE to bring the children back, said Shadullah Khan, an assistant superintendent of the police and head of the monitoring cell for combating trafficking in women and children in Dhaka yesterday. The United Nations Children’s Fund is supporting the repatriation process.
About 500 children, who had long been used as camel jockeys, have recently been rescued and taken to the government’s shelter home under the UAE interior ministry, said an official of the home ministry.
Sources in the foreign ministry said the Bangladesh delegation would identify Bangladeshis among the rescued children. The number of Bangladeshi children may increase as there is no exact figure, said the official. He also said children, who had grown up, might choose to stay back, but minors would be repatriated with the assistance of Unicef in phases.
| Great, they can stay in the UAE or return home to ... Bangladesh. |
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