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Save The Children: Zimbabwean Children Intercepted At Beitbridge Border Were Smuggled Not Trafficked

1 year agoWed, 06 Dec 2023 06:46:28 GMT
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Save The Children: Zimbabwean Children Intercepted At Beitbridge Border Were Smuggled Not Trafficked

Save The Children, a non-profit organisation, believes that the recent attempt to transport over 400 unaccompanied Zimbabwean children to South Africa was a case of child smuggling rather than trafficking.

Border Management Authority officials intercepted 42 buses carrying 443 children, all under the age of eight, at the border post in Musina, Limpopo.

Patience Joe from Save The Children said that the children were likely being taken to visit their parents who work in South Africa. She told SABC News:

So I think for us, the concern is exactly that we are saying these children were trafficked. So, I think to unpack what trafficking is – trafficking is the taking of children from a safe environment for exploitation. In this instance, we haven’t heard of any allegations of that which to us is appearing as child smuggling.

Child smuggling is the taking of children and bringing them into a country where they do not have the valid documents or the valid visas that are required by that country. Which in this case, is appearing to be so.

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This comes after Zimbabwe’s Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, July Moyo, stated they had not received official confirmation on the alleged number of children. He said between November 25 and December 3, a total of 124 children were intercepted and handed over to the Department of Immigration at Beitbridge Border Post. Moyo added that efforts were underway to reunite the remaining 23 children with their families.

Moyo said these children were mainly intercepted attempting to cross the border without the requisite travelling documents. Others were travelling without an accompanying parent or guardian.

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15 Comments

Borris · 1 year ago
Let children go and visit their parents in South Africa definitely they will back on the school openning day .This is normal nothing k is surprising here
Alfredo Pappagalo · 1 year ago
Thanks Save the Children from setting the record straight. it's just you didn't get to the point that those children where from environment of exploitation🇿🇼 to greener pasture 🇿🇦 😂😂😂
Children have parents · 1 year ago
Koo kufungira ndekwei ivo vana varipo vabereki nema bus drivers zvese zviritii
XXX · 1 year ago
Save The Children has described correctly the position of the children who were intercepted at Beitbridge intending to go to South Africa without valid documentation. They were smuggled rather than trafficked. There was no intention to exploit them in South Africa, but to reunite them with their parents. EHE ICHO !!!!!
🧐 🤔 · 1 year ago
As I see it, these kids were only going for holidays with their parents, its only kuti if they are un documented and that's an offence as they'd be susceptible to child trafficking which is very illegal world over
dddd · 1 year ago
malaicha akagarira mari yekutonyora or pane akakara mari akasapa vamwe
Jue Saidi · 1 year ago
Fuguu newe Fuhrer chimbosiyayi nyaya yekunyenga amai ndosaka musina kukwana
soccer · 1 year ago
howfar PSL results......
@soccer · 1 year ago
Vobva vada kuratidza inyaka yose kuti hauna access ye T.V
Jue Saidi · 1 year ago
vamwe vanhu avana Tsitsi
fugu pfeee · 1 year ago
ko iwewe
🌚🌚🌚🌚🇱🇷🇺🇦 · 1 year ago
The accompanying parent and the conductors and loaders had locus standi because the children were entrusted to them . However I the number of children points to a breaking family system in Zimbabwe because of economic hardships because of Zanu pf unsound policies.
@CJR · 1 year ago
Just say bcos of the problematic garwe
kkkkkk · 1 year ago
thanks fr the correction pano taitukwa taura kut haisi trafficking. thanks for clarification I knew kut haisi trafficking.## wisdom

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