Children highly vulnerable to sexual abused at asylum centres in Norway

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International Business Times :Refugee children living in camps in Norway are “very likely” to have been sexually abused by paedophiles, say police. Norwegian Police have revealed that they are investigating several cases of sex offenders specifically targeting youngsters who have arrived from abroad and staying at refugee centres.The allegations were reported to authorities in the autumn and winter of last year and officials have kept details about the cases and locations of the alleged assaults secret for the time being. Axel Wilhelm Due, of Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Services, said that some of the suspects were known sex offenders visiting the sites.Due also added that other complaints received were against residents of the centres. In 2015 more than 31,000 people applied for asylumin Norway of whom 5,300 were unaccompanied children – the UK has been pressured by EU nations to take more unaccompanied children as an estimated 20,000 under 18’s live in camps across Europe.

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