Human Trafficking: Yemen
Poverty
SANAA — An official Yemeni report disclosed that organised smugglers existed at the Saudi-Yemeni borders as they exploit large numbers of children who live in the governorate of Hoja to enable them to smuggle goods between the Saudi-Yemeni strip for little amount of money. The report pointed out that the families of the children, as a result of the intensive poverty and bad living conditions, force their children to work with these gangs to smuggle flour between the borders of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The report, prepared by a teamwork of specialists working at several official bodies in Yemen, revealed that some unscrupulous dealers make use of the poor conditions of families and tempt them by money to allow their children to work with them to smuggle goods.
The report highlighted that the route and the distance the children pass by are very dangerous. This report came after a visit paid by a team that included members from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour.
from the Khaleej Times
