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For those with access to BBC2 television, “Slave Children”, a documentary about the trafficking of children by Rageh Omaar will be shown March 26th at 2100 BST. The documentary follows the story of five children from three continents. Below is an excerpt from the BBC website about Ali, a boy whose story is featured in the documentary.

Six-year-old Ali was picked up by Saudi authorities for begging on the streets of Jeddah.

He was smuggled into Saudi Arabia from Yemen in order to beg.

Ali says he ended up begging after physical abuse involving metal wire attacks on his back. He says he was beaten up when he said he did not want to beg all day.

Ali is one of thousands of Yemeni children sold to gangs and forced to beg each year.

These children are often sold by families who are duped into believing their offspring will get a better life.

Many of the children who are smuggled over the Saudi/Yemen border are beaten and sometimes even mutilated to become better, more effective beggars.

It is hard to be exact about figures, but in 2005 the Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs acknowledged that about 300 children were crossing the border every month.

Click here to read more on the BBC website….