Terre des Hommes at the start of the new government
with the election of the Federal Chancellor and the presentation of the cabinet are set for the new federal government. "We welcome that there will also be an independent Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) under the leadership of Reem Alabali-Radovan in the upcoming legislative period," explains Joshua Hofert, board spokesman for Terre des Hommes. »We advocate Ms. Alabali-Radovan and the BMZ for an offensive for children's rights in development cooperation. So far, many indicates that children will not take the place in the development policy of the new federal government. The planned cuts and the stronger focus on German self -interests are warning signals for the realization of the rights of the children, because their lives are often at stake. In regions with great poverty, in crisis and conflict areas, children need food, protection against violence and exploitation, medical care and education. Help and protection for these children must have priority for German development cooperation and are reflected in a reasonable budget, «says Hofert.
The continuation of the German supply of delivery of the German Landproofing Act and an ambitious implementation of the EU supply chain directive also includes maintaining children's rights. Both instruments serve to prevent the exploitation of children along global value chains. »Basically, it is about ensuring that products of our daily needs such as coffee, cocoa or sugar do not land on our breakfast table by children's hand. Our prosperity must not be based on the exploitation of children, «says Joshua Hofert.
The realization of children's rights in Germany is acutely endangered by the planned change of course in the field of migration. The almost complete attitude of the federal recording program, the restriction of family reunification, rejections at the limits and the massive expansion of deportations are an unacceptable reaction to the desperate escape from war, violence and terror. »The current plans further limit the few legal escape routes to Europe. If legal ways are missing, the irregular migration is increasing - those affected choose more and more dangerous escape routes from despair, which means that more and more children and adolescents are fleeing, «explains Hofert.