Is this child found in Dubai, victim of a human trafficking ring?

Dubai immigration inspectors raiding suspected houses for illegal migrants stumbled across a two-year-old boy, an incident that triggered a probe into a possible human trade network.

The baby was found with a Bangladeshi woman, who claimed to be his mother although DNA test showed the woman was lying.

The woman, charged with prostitution and illegal stay, insisted she was the boy’s mother and that she brought him to the UAE nearly eight months ago when she came to work as a housemaid.

But police dismissed her claims as DNA tests showed that she is not his mother and UAE laws ban domestic workers coming to the UAE from bringing children with them. Immigration records also showed the woman had come alone to the country.

“The baby was found last month and the woman falsely claimed he is her son,” said Dubai’s prosecutor Yousuf Fouladh.

“This incident raises suspicions that there could be a network involved in human trade and sale of babies…,” he told the semi official Arabic language daily Alittihad.

He said the prosecution and police were investigating how the woman had obtained that baby to know his real parents.

“We have opened an investigation into the incident and have contacted all competent authorities in the UAE to know whether there is any report about a missing baby,” he said.

10-day old baby abandoned in Sharjah

An abandoned baby girl was found in Sharjah, reported Al Ittihad newspaper.

The 10-day old baby girl was found in the front of a villa.

Meanwhile, Naima Al Nakhi, head of social services at Al Qasimi Hospital in Sharjah confirmed: “The child currently receiving intensive medical care and she is in a very good condition.

“All the necessary medical tests have made sure that she is not suffering from any disease.”

She said that the child will be transferred to the Social Welfare Home in the emirate.

She added: “This is the fifth case received by the hospital in past three months. Two children were found in the Al Bada’a and Abu Shaghara area, in addition to two other children found elsewhere.”
 

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