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UAE: 95 children in abuse cases get emergency help in Sharjah Photo: Alamy The department dealt with 1,362 complaints received on its child helpline in 2020. As many as 95 children were given emergency assistance in child abuse cases in Sharjah last year by the Child Protection Department, officials have said. The department dealt with 1,362 complaints received on its child helpline in 2020, of which 1,267 cases were of non-emergency nature. An official said the complaints from children of various nationalities included sexual abuse, violence, physical abuse and neglect, school problems, economic problems, homelessness, commercial exploitation, health and psychological problems. Maha Al Mansouri, Director of the government communication at the Sharjah Social Service Department, said that the child protection section received a total of 10,155 calls at its hotline number 800700 during last year. These included 134 health, social and psychological inquiries and 3,667 general enq

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