There was a report on the news about children begging in the streets of London. At first child begging in the United Kingdom may seem like a distant thought, if anyone has seen ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ they will most likely associate with children in slums being forced into a life of begging to serve and enrich their syndicate master, nevertheless it continues to thrive .
The report details one Romanian gypsy child who spends nights begging in the cold streets of London, when traced back to his home in Romania the journalist found that child’s family were actually wealthy landlords. The woman being interviewed enters a fit of rage threatening to beat up the journalist with her husband trying to restrain her.
However this is an important social issue, abusing free movement of persons for the purpose of setting up child begging rings in the United Kingdom. Another report further shows a woman sitting out on the streets with her daughters walking around alone asking people passing by for change.
It turns out though child begging is quite a lucrative business, with children as young as the age four apparently making close to one hundred thousand pounds a year. These child begging rings have been linked to Romanian gypsy gangs, who mind the children and the money they manage to collect.
The children even resort to theft and deceit in order to collect more money, and are evidently well trained in the art of begging.This issue raises a lot of human rights questions, and may in turn result in the United Kingdom to introducing stricter guidance policies for EU residents.
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