When a grown adult is having sex with a child, this is called rape and paedophilia. Using a position of power to obtain sex from a child, is called grooming and exploitation. But with headlines claiming children can "sell sex", The Guardian needs to be educated on such facts.
To "sell" something, is defined as an exchange by agreement but these are children, where adults are using their positions as European citizens, to force hungry, displaced and homeless kids into having sex - with the promise of passage across borders.
Acts of sexual abuse to children, have been witnessed in Iraq by the ISIS terrorist organisation and it is disgraceful that in peaceful European countries, the authorities are allowing the rape of vulnerable minors to occur.
It is the job of the authorities to support children, who are at risk from abuse. Many migrant children across Europe; are sometimes alone, may have been trafficked into the EU and may even suffer from PTSD, as a consequence of war.
After public pressure, The Guardian have since changed the headline on their story and this is an important clarification, as no child is ever in a position, where he or she is able to consent or sell sexual intercourse, with a grown adult.
Iraq Solidarity News (Al-Thawra) stands shoulder to shoulder with those who are working to protect children's rights and we call for greater support, to those who are working to protect children, from physical and emotional harm.
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