UAE will set up schools for children

The United Nations Children's Fund is due to assist with the rehabilitation of the underage jockeys used here. Next month, it will hold a meeting in the UAE alongside local government representatives and NGO officials.

"Hopefully, by the time of this strategic meeting, we will know the extent of the problem and we will decide then what the best solution is."

Most children will be given basic medical treatment here before being sent to shelters in their home countries, the source said. The Ministry of Interior will also help fund schooling for the children.

"We don't want to create a place in the UAE where everyone can come and cry and see these poor children. We want to integrate them back into their own society," he said.