Umm Al Quwain shelter for human-trafficking victims opens

The facility will house women and their children - both those rescued during police raids and those who have approached the police for help.

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A new shelter for victims of human trafficking opened in Umm Al Quwain yesterday.

The facility will house women and their children - both those rescued during police raids and those who have approached the police for help.

"The idea to have this new home comes as part of our commitment to protect the rights of trafficked people, rehabilitate them and help us to fight human trafficking - the hated new slavery of our modern times," said Brig Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Al Mualla, the director general of Umm Al Quwain Police.

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