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Former child jockeys get compensation
The second batch of Mauritanian child jockeys who worked in the UAE have been compensated through a UAE-backed Unicef programme to integrate former camel jockeys into society.
- WAM
- Published: 00:04 May 30, 2008
Dubai/Nouakchott: The second batch of Mauritanian child jockeys who worked in the UAE have been compensated through a UAE-backed Unicef programme to integrate former camel jockeys into society.
Brigadier Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, Chairman of the UAE Special Committee for Rehabilitation of Camel Jockeys, presented a cheque for $221,000 (Dh811,733) to Fatima Bint Khatri, Mauritania's Minister for Women's Promotion, Childhood and Family, as compensation for 91 young former camel jockeys who earlier worked in the UAE.
A high level UAE delegation, comprising top officials from the Ministry of Interiors, recently visited Mauritania to oversee the implementation of the reintegration programme.
The compensation comes as part of a multi-million dollar programme launched by the UAE government, after imposing a ban in 2005 on employing children as camel jockeys. The UAE is ensuring the early settlement of compensation claims to help rehabilitate the former child jockeys and their families.
Brigadier Al Minhali said: "We are earnestly working towards extending further compensation to ensure the restoration of the young children's human rights."
In April last year, the UAE handed over similar compensation for 66 children, and is examining the remaining 448 claims.
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