Sunday, March 11, 2007
Mongolians suffer wrath of winter blight - Seattle P-I
... By 2004, the number of Mongolians living below the poverty line stood at 36 percent. More than 23 percent endure extreme poverty, earning less than 40 U.S. cents a day.
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... thousands of impoverished families have returned to urban centers. Some live in makeshift shelters on the outskirts of town. On city streets, homeless people are seen loitering, stealing, fighting, drinking cheap Russian vodka, selling illicit services.
Among these migrants are a growing number of runaway and abandoned children, some as young as 5. An estimated 3,000-4,000 children live on the streets of Ulan Bator, the capital.
They are known as "sewer kids". They join gangs of youths that claim underground sewers, drainpipes, stairwells and ditches as their refuge sites.
They shine shoes, steal food, forage through rubbish, fight for territory, suffer servitude by homeless adults, sell their bodies -- or face the danger of being kidnapped by child traffickers. ...
... By 2004, the number of Mongolians living below the poverty line stood at 36 percent. More than 23 percent endure extreme poverty, earning less than 40 U.S. cents a day.
...
... thousands of impoverished families have returned to urban centers. Some live in makeshift shelters on the outskirts of town. On city streets, homeless people are seen loitering, stealing, fighting, drinking cheap Russian vodka, selling illicit services.
Among these migrants are a growing number of runaway and abandoned children, some as young as 5. An estimated 3,000-4,000 children live on the streets of Ulan Bator, the capital.
They are known as "sewer kids". They join gangs of youths that claim underground sewers, drainpipes, stairwells and ditches as their refuge sites.
They shine shoes, steal food, forage through rubbish, fight for territory, suffer servitude by homeless adults, sell their bodies -- or face the danger of being kidnapped by child traffickers. ...
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