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Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name

Document number
2729
Date
2011
Title
Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name
Author/publisher
Iveta Cherneva
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment,
Summary
The publication focuses on the industry of exploiting persons as beggars and revealing it as a form of human trafficking. Apart from the legal and social discussion, the study looks into psychological theories as to why people give money to beggars and concludes with recommendations in form of public campaign messages to break this cycle.
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