Terre des Hommes: Child Protection in Europe

Child Protection in Europe - Update #110 Newsletter n°110.  2011-03-22

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.0. .0. Top News » .0. .0. .0. .0. South Eastern Europe  Transnational seminar discusses effective cooperation in  trafficking cases 22 Mar 2011 March 17-18, 2011, Budapest, Hungary: Over a hundred representatives from governmental, non-governmental and international organisations from south-Eastern Europe and the EU have gathered to discuss the findings of a ... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. News on the net - Headlines » .0. .0. .0. .0. Switzerland Bern government apologises to child labourers 20 Mar 2011 'Swissinfo' reports that Bern is the first canton to apologise to thousands of children who were placed on farms as unpaid labourers. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Portugal Thousands sign petition against child sex crimes 19 Mar 2011 'Portugal News Online' reports that 31,000 people signed a petition asking Parliament to support the modification of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexua... Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK EastEnders advised on grooming storyline by abused girl 18 Mar 2011 'BBC' published a video report that the story of a victim of grooming and sexual exploitation Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Bulgaria Roma 'Bride Market' Comes to Town in Rural Bulgaria 18 Mar 2011 'Naharnet' describes a Bulgarian Roma custom, the "bride market"   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. International Global net traps 120 UK paedophiles 18 Mar 2011 'Times of Malta' reports that British police forces arrested more  than 120 people in 'Operation Rescue', Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Europe International police operation against travelling sex  offenders 17 Mar 2011 'Euro Weekly' reports that an international operation started to target travelling sex offenders. In three European airports 230 people were stopped, questioned and searched. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. European Union Asylum: a single procedure with higher  standards of protection 17 Mar 2011 'European Parliament' reports that the Parliament plans to revise the Asylum directive and amendments were discussed by  the Civil Liberties Committee. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Ireland Woman used child for begging 17 Mar 2011 'Irish Times' reports among the short news that a woman was  fined 150 euros for "using a child for begging". Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK Caught on camera: The Fagin-style gangs forcing children  as young as five to pick pockets and shoplift 14 Mar 2011 'Daily Mail' reports of a fairly new trend of organised crime gangs exploiting young children to shoplift for them. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Documents » .0. .0. .0. .0. UK The 2012 Games and human trafficking 22 Mar 2011 London Councils has commissioned GLE to review the potential impact of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on trafficking, in the context of a possible increase of people entering the UK due to human trafficking.   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Moldova The Situation of Roma Children in Moldova 21 Mar 2011 The report on the Situation of Roma Children in Moldova aims to call for action on social inclusion of Roma children  in the Republic of Moldova. Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. Baltic Sea Region Baltic Sea Region – Information  Management to Prevent Trafficking BSR IMPT 21 Mar 2011 This report is one of the results of a project implemented by the Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, EGCC, within the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Unaccompanied and trafficked children is one of th...   Read More .0. .0. .0. .0. UK The Role of Local Authorities in Addressing Human  Trafficking 22 Mar 2010 This SOLACE report explores how Local Authorities can improve their response to the crime of human trafficking, in particular in the area of identifying and assisting victims. This is a timely study, as the Council of... Read More .0.