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Vulnerability to Exploitation and Trafficking of Bulgarian Children and Adolescents in Greece. A case study of street based survival strategies in Thessaloniki

Document number
2748
Date
2011
Title
Vulnerability to Exploitation and Trafficking of Bulgarian Children and Adolescents in Greece. A case study of street based survival strategies in Thessaloniki
Author/publisher
nvernizzi Antonella
Availability
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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, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
Summary
This research has been done within the framework of the Project Mario,1 an initiative that represents a further step in the long-standing cooperation between Terre des hommes and ARSIS, its ultimate goal being the protection of the rights of children at risk or victims of exploitation and traffi cking. The immediate objective of this research is to give an indicative as well as detailed picture of the extent and specifi c dimensions of the phenomenon of mass begging in Greece, particularly of children and families from Bulgaria. This group has increased rapidly in recent years, particularly in Northern Greece, with Thessaloniki, where the research was mostly carried out, as a main destination. The data gathering exercise lasted a month and through social work on the street and interviews with relevant services, providing thereby relevant information.
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