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The study amplifies the voices of children under 17 living on the street: a total of 1,137 children, including 633 under the age of nine, including 195 girls; and 504 children aged 10 to 17 years, 64 were girls.
"I came here with my mother, but when she went to work in Saudi Arabia, I stayed here," said a 17-year-old girl.
"I have not seen her for eight years," he continued. "He wanted to take me with her, but I was too scared to go in. I wash the machines to make money, but one day I dream of being a pilot and meet my mother in Ethiopia." I do not remember Ethiopia, but I would like to come back one day. "
Reaffirming the government's commitment to address the issue, Moumina Houmed Hassan, Minister of Women and the Family, listed the solutions to create a coordination platform, strengthen and develop reception facilities, establish an identification system, define a basic minimum service and develop a protection strategy.
Funding for the study was provided by the European Union through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for the protection and reintegration of migrants in the Horn of Africa.
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