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In reply to the discussion: Looks like Maria will be back in the loving arms of her family soon [View all]leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)I did read that there are 5 or 6 million Roma spread out all over Western Europe. They originally came out of India. And I think that they have always been "outsiders." They have a very strong cultural sense and are close knit.
If children are being exploited then the governments of those European countries need to investigate and put child protection laws in force that will protect their children. We need to do more in this country. There is child slavery here, too.
But what seems to have happened with these children is a pretty commonplace practice in lots of countries in the world. Female children are a commodity. They are bartered and sold.
This is one of the reasons that it is so important for people everywhere to fight for the freedom and respect of women and young girls. Part of that is the fight for education for females.
This sort of abuse will end if people are educated, if people are respected and if child abuse is recognised for what it really is. Awful in any form.