By Monica Kapali | Reintegration Officer
Nepali children rescued in India
Prakash (name changed), a 14-year-old boy from far western Nepal lived his entire childhood in poverty and scarcity. Due to the poor economic situation of his family, one of his cousin brother, trafficked him to Chennai. Prakash ended in a forced child labor – compelled to work in the mess of a brothel. He was not allowed to get out of the work. After nine months of captivity, torture, excess pressure and brutality of the work, one day he managed to run away from the place and reached a nearby police station. Eventually, he was protected by police and handed over to Child Care Home in Chennai.
Global Family was reached out by Hope and Justice Foundation to assess Prakash’s family in Nepal. Global Family worked with National Child Right Council, CWC Chennai and CWC Delhi to repatriate the Child to Nepal. KIN India supported to issue repatriation documents from Nepal Embassy in India and Ministry of Home Affairs. After staying more than a year in child care home, Global Family reunified Prakash with his family in Pyuthan district.
On 28th February, Prakash’s family reunification was done in presence of District Police Office, municipality mayor, child welfare committee members, relatives, social workers and School representatives. The municipality supported with NPR 40,000 for Prakash’s school admission. His family safety and stability will be supported by Global Family and municipality. The District Police has issued an search warrant against the trafficker.
Along with Prakash, 2 boys and 1 girl were repatriated who were trafficked for labor and circus in India. The family rescue, repatriation and reunification of these four children has set a pathway to other children too for Global Family.
Nepal has open border with India. It has escalated the trafficking of Nepali children for labor, circus and sexual exploitation. It is hard to predict the number of Nepali children trafficked to India due to open border and free cross border movement, however, the Raxual border police reports the rescue of about 20-30 children every day. Raxaul is one of the many Indo-Nepal border cities.
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