New report calls for addressing issue of abandoned children
Mohammad Ghazal; 2/7/08
Intensive dialogue is called for between concerned authorities in the Kingdom to come up with recommendations to address the issue of abandoned children which is a social problem in Jordan, a report released by the Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS) indicated on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Public Security Department (PSD) Spokesperson Major Mohammad Khatib reiterated yesterday that the issue of abandoned children is not a phenomenon in Jordan. “This is alien to our community and the main reason behind it is not Jordanians but foreigners,” he told The Jordan Times. A recent PSD study, which compared the number of abandoned children over the past five years and the ratio against the total population, said the incidents did not constitute a trend and were individual cases.
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Tags: Children, Human Rights, Jordan