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Emirates tightens camel race laws (BBC News)
The United Arab Emirates has passed a law tightening a ban on children taking part in camel racing.
Under-18s are not to take part in camel racing "in any form", says a decree signed by the president.
Gulf states have been under fire over the sport, in which young children, many of them trafficked from South Asia, have been trained as jockeys.
Anti-slavery groups say about 3,000 boys, some as young as four, work as jockeys in the Emirates.
More child camel jockeys return (BBC News)
A second group of 86 children working as camel jockeys in the Gulf have returned to Pakistan, officials say.
The children have been repatriated under a deal between the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations.
Most are from poor families and will be accommodated at a government facility. The first batch of 22 such children returned to Pakistan last month.
Hundreds of young children from poor countries are sent to the Gulf every year to work as camel jockeys.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/09/05 11:54 | International | Technorati
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