Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a strong pitch before American business community to come and invest in India and be part of the country’s growth story. She said the Indian economy today is transparent, open and watchable. Sitharaman addressed a luncheon meeting of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum. She talked about digitisation undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
have seen a huge increase in albanians making the crossing across the channel in the small boats. unsurprisingly that has also been a rise in the number of unaccompanied children from albania arriving in kent. two joan children from albania arriving in kent. twojoan 200 children have passed into the care of kent county council, and around a fifth of those have gone missing. that has raised concerns. charities who basically campaigned to try to make life for vulnerable children are more safe or saying it is possible the children are now being forced to work in the so called grey economy, could be in construction, car washes, so called grey economy, could be in construction, carwashes, or perhaps even more seriously in cannabis factories. we know from the national crime agency that albanian gangsters play a lead role in running those cannabis factories, these children could also be sexually exploitative
you ve got the charity, ecpat uk, who basically campaign to try to make the life of vulnerable children more safe, they are saying it is possible these children are now being forced to work in the so called grey economy, it could be in construction, car washes, or perhaps even more seriously in cannabis factories. we know from the national crime agency that albanian gangsters play a lead role in running those cannabis factories. 0r these children could also end up being sexually exploitated. what is being done to find them? kent county council says initially proactively what it is trying to do is identify children at risk of going missing in the first place to stop them going from going missing. and if necessary, it can refer people to the national mechanism where you can flag up people who are at risk of potentially falling victim to modern day slavery. but after people have gone missing, kcc says it is working closely with the police and home office to try to locate the children. but
the care of kent county council. this year, we have seen a huge increase in the number of albanians making the crossing over the channel in small boats. so unsurprisingly, there has also been a big rise in the number of unaccompanied children from albania arriving in kent. now, 200 children have been passed into the care of kent county council, and around a fifth of those have gone missing. now, that has raised some concerns. you ve got the charity, ecpat uk, who basically campaign to try to make the life of vulnerable children more safe, and they are saying it s possible these children are now being forced to work in the so called grey economy it could be in construction, car washes, or perhaps even more seriously, in cannabis factories. we know from the national crime agency that albanian gangsters play a lead role in running those cannabis factories. these children could also end up being sexually exploitated. what is being done
responsibility of kent county council. it says it has taken almost 200 albanian children but 39 have gone missing. a charity which aims to protect vulnerable children says it fears some of the missing children could be sexually exploited or forced to work in the so called grey economy. kent county council says it tries proactively to identify children at risk of going missing and if a child is eventually found there will be a full debrief to find out if lessons can be learned. ., ~ to find out if lessons can be learned- the mp for bournemouth west, conor burns, is to be reinstated to the conservative party after being cleared of misconduct. he was suspended as patron of the party s lgbt+ group and sacked as trade minister, following a complaint about his behaviour at the tory party conference. mr burns consistently denied any wrongdoing, and said the experience was a living nightmare . five recipients of the earthshot prize, set up by prince william, have been announced at a star stu