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2023-04-30 02:18
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Shafaq News/ Begging is a widespread phenomenon in Iraq, despite the campaigns launched by the Ministry of Interior, ministries and other concerned authorities in order to address and reduce it.
Specialists attribute the continuation of this phenomenon to several reasons, the most prominent of which is poverty, which has not increased by 20 percent for more than 10 years, despite the plans and initiatives launched, but they did not address the roots of the problem, and therefore it remains.
The most serious issue in begging is its entry into human trafficking crimes, as there are gangs that trade in beggars, and groups that practice beggary, so it overlaps with other crimes targeting the Iraqi individual, especially in poor areas that suffer from economic, social and psychological problems, according to specialists.
Anti-begging
The Ministry of Interior, in cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Council and other supporting sectoral bodies, recently launched a campaign to combat beggary in Baghdad and the provinces, but the fight against beggary does not stop at this campaign, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna.
He added to Shafaq News agency, "It is related to many sectoral agencies, including the Ministry of Labor, to secure social protection for beggars, especially those who are in dire need of sums of money from the helpless and unemployed to meet their daily needs."
Al-Muhanna points out that "there are those who take beggary as a profession, and operations were carried out to combat human trafficking gangs, and six large groups were arrested in Baghdad, and they were referred to the competent courts."
And while confirming the continuation of operations to combat these gangs, he explained that "there are foreign beggars, and these are their fate after being caught and deported outside the country, and thus his case ends, unlike the local beggar who may be released after the expiration of his detention period and return to begging again."
According to reliable statistics, the poverty rate in Iraq in the past year 2022 exceeded 25%, which is the highest since 2003, and therefore the government faces a challenge to help about 10 million Iraqi citizens below the poverty line.
From reality
A 12-year-old girl who practiced begging in Karbala governorate, an orphan of her father and her mother left her, said, "I had to stay with my father's second wife, who took care of me in the early days, but after a while she asked me to go out to beg to earn a living, as she was a housewife, not She has a breadwinner."
The girl, who refused to reveal her identity, explains to Shafaq News Agency, that she used to live in one of the southern governorates and came to Karbala because of the crowded population there and the visitors who come from different regions.
The girl earns from begging between 15,000 and 30,000 dinars on a daily basis, and in the season of visits it reaches 100,000 dinars, pointing out that these sums are "taken by my stepmother and spent part of it on me."
Begging in Karbala is a negative phenomenon suffered by the people of the province and the tourists who flock to it, at a time when statistics indicate that more than 85 percent of those who practice begging are not poor, and some of them are from Islamic and non-Arab countries, according to Majid Al-Khayyat, director of the Iraqi Center for Media Studies and Research.
Regarding the reasons for the arrival of some beggars from other regions to Karbala, Al-Khayyat explained to Shafaq News Agency, that this comes "with the aim of not knowing them in this province, as well as the presence of foreign tourists," stressing that "most of these beggars have social protection salaries, but they are used to easy earning money by begging."
The social researcher Raghad Sabbar stands close to what Majed Al-Khayyat said about the degradation of begging, and while the concerned authorities are calling for tougher punishment to deter beggars, she identified the causes of widespread beggary to two main factors: the economic situation and family disintegration.
During her speech to Shafaq News agency, she warned the importance of "not always blaming the government, as there is a mafia that benefits from beggars, and some of them are accustomed to collecting money without working", calling on beggars to find a job that preserves their dignity and at the same time secures their daily sustenance. .
begging processing
Ali al-Bayati, a former member of the High Commission for Human Rights, calls for the need to take real measures that amount to the seriousness of the problem, which always receives partial solutions and reactions from state institutions, which are limited to putting some beggars in detention centers and then releasing them, without searching for reasons. Which prompted them to beg and be present in the arena of human trafficking, and to address these causes, in addition to providing them with opportunities for a decent life, including a shelter and a source of livelihood, and protecting them from human trafficking gangs.
He assures Shafaq News agency that state institutions and ministries of interior, labor, planning, health and others must involve civil society organizations and the media to combat beggary, and strengthen the capabilities of law enforcement agencies, and without these measures, this problem cannot be solved.
begging penalty
Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi explains the penalty for recruiting children for the purposes of begging and the law to combat human trafficking by saying, "The Iraqi Penal Code, in Articles 392, 391, and 390 thereof, is punishable by simple imprisonment and fines for beggary or placement in the state's role in the event of repetition," noting that when examining the text The above articles permit begging for those who have no work. This is how the text is understood, stressing, "I am not with penalties, but when alternatives are found, punishment can be imposed."
He added to Shafaq News agency, "Law 28 of 2018 punishes human trafficking with imprisonment to death and fines from 5 to 10 million dinars for human trafficking." He answered a question: Can recruiting and begging young people be considered human trafficking? "I agree with that because it is a trade in small tools." It is not possible to take a decision, and it kills their future, and if this was implemented, the begging mafia would have ended.”
He points out that "Iraqi Juvenile Welfare Law No. 76 was issued in 1983, and it needs to be amended in this aspect to address the problem of dying children in Iraq," pointing out that "the application of the Anti-Human Trafficking Law requires high intelligence effort, community cooperation, and activation of communications, and it needs an amendment in this regard." the side".
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Shafaq News/ Begging is a widespread phenomenon in Iraq, despite the campaigns launched by the Ministry of Interior, ministries and other concerned authorities in order to address and reduce it.
Specialists attribute the continuation of this phenomenon to several reasons, the most prominent of which is poverty, which has not increased by 20 percent for more than 10 years, despite the plans and initiatives launched, but they did not address the roots of the problem, and therefore it remains.
The most serious issue in begging is its entry into human trafficking crimes, as there are gangs that trade in beggars, and groups that practice beggary, so it overlaps with other crimes targeting the Iraqi individual, especially in poor areas that suffer from economic, social and psychological problems, according to specialists.
Anti-begging
The Ministry of Interior, in cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Council and other supporting sectoral bodies, recently launched a campaign to combat beggary in Baghdad and the provinces, but the fight against beggary does not stop at this campaign, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna.
He added to Shafaq News agency, "It is related to many sectoral agencies, including the Ministry of Labor, to secure social protection for beggars, especially those who are in dire need of sums of money from the helpless and unemployed to meet their daily needs."
Al-Muhanna points out that "there are those who take beggary as a profession, and operations were carried out to combat human trafficking gangs, and six large groups were arrested in Baghdad, and they were referred to the competent courts."
And while confirming the continuation of operations to combat these gangs, he explained that "there are foreign beggars, and these are their fate after being caught and deported outside the country, and thus his case ends, unlike the local beggar who may be released after the expiration of his detention period and return to begging again."
According to reliable statistics, the poverty rate in Iraq in the past year 2022 exceeded 25%, which is the highest since 2003, and therefore the government faces a challenge to help about 10 million Iraqi citizens below the poverty line.
From reality
A 12-year-old girl who practiced begging in Karbala governorate, an orphan of her father and her mother left her, said, "I had to stay with my father's second wife, who took care of me in the early days, but after a while she asked me to go out to beg to earn a living, as she was a housewife, not She has a breadwinner."
The girl, who refused to reveal her identity, explains to Shafaq News Agency, that she used to live in one of the southern governorates and came to Karbala because of the crowded population there and the visitors who come from different regions.
The girl earns from begging between 15,000 and 30,000 dinars on a daily basis, and in the season of visits it reaches 100,000 dinars, pointing out that these sums are "taken by my stepmother and spent part of it on me."
Begging in Karbala is a negative phenomenon suffered by the people of the province and the tourists who flock to it, at a time when statistics indicate that more than 85 percent of those who practice begging are not poor, and some of them are from Islamic and non-Arab countries, according to Majid Al-Khayyat, director of the Iraqi Center for Media Studies and Research.
Regarding the reasons for the arrival of some beggars from other regions to Karbala, Al-Khayyat explained to Shafaq News Agency, that this comes "with the aim of not knowing them in this province, as well as the presence of foreign tourists," stressing that "most of these beggars have social protection salaries, but they are used to easy earning money by begging."
The social researcher Raghad Sabbar stands close to what Majed Al-Khayyat said about the degradation of begging, and while the concerned authorities are calling for tougher punishment to deter beggars, she identified the causes of widespread beggary to two main factors: the economic situation and family disintegration.
During her speech to Shafaq News agency, she warned the importance of "not always blaming the government, as there is a mafia that benefits from beggars, and some of them are accustomed to collecting money without working", calling on beggars to find a job that preserves their dignity and at the same time secures their daily sustenance. .
begging processing
Ali al-Bayati, a former member of the High Commission for Human Rights, calls for the need to take real measures that amount to the seriousness of the problem, which always receives partial solutions and reactions from state institutions, which are limited to putting some beggars in detention centers and then releasing them, without searching for reasons. Which prompted them to beg and be present in the arena of human trafficking, and to address these causes, in addition to providing them with opportunities for a decent life, including a shelter and a source of livelihood, and protecting them from human trafficking gangs.
He assures Shafaq News agency that state institutions and ministries of interior, labor, planning, health and others must involve civil society organizations and the media to combat beggary, and strengthen the capabilities of law enforcement agencies, and without these measures, this problem cannot be solved.
begging penalty
Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi explains the penalty for recruiting children for the purposes of begging and the law to combat human trafficking by saying, "The Iraqi Penal Code, in Articles 392, 391, and 390 thereof, is punishable by simple imprisonment and fines for beggary or placement in the state's role in the event of repetition," noting that when examining the text The above articles permit begging for those who have no work. This is how the text is understood, stressing, "I am not with penalties, but when alternatives are found, punishment can be imposed."
He added to Shafaq News agency, "Law 28 of 2018 punishes human trafficking with imprisonment to death and fines from 5 to 10 million dinars for human trafficking." He answered a question: Can recruiting and begging young people be considered human trafficking? "I agree with that because it is a trade in small tools." It is not possible to take a decision, and it kills their future, and if this was implemented, the begging mafia would have ended.”
He points out that "Iraqi Juvenile Welfare Law No. 76 was issued in 1983, and it needs to be amended in this aspect to address the problem of dying children in Iraq," pointing out that "the application of the Anti-Human Trafficking Law requires high intelligence effort, community cooperation, and activation of communications, and it needs an amendment in this regard." the side".
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