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"India still sending child jockeys"

DUBAI: India has been named one of the seven countries sending under-aged children to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as camel jockeys, a banned practice.

The UAE has made it compulsory for children from these countries to carry separate passports, said an Interior Ministry official, after signing an agreement with the United Nations Children's Fund to rehabilitate child jockeys.

The repatriated children would be given aid for two years to help them recover their health and reunite with their families and societies, the Khaleej Times reported. The countries identified, besides India, are Pakistan, Sudan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Somalia and Mauritania.

The UAE has given a six-month grace period beginning March 31, when the new rule banning jockeys under 16 comes into effect.

Describing media reports of the presence of 20,000-30,000 camel jockeys in the country as exaggerated, the official said the figure could only be about 3,000. — UNI

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