CRC/C/TKM/CO/1 page 16 legislation which forbids sending schoolchildren to harvest cotton. However, the Committee is concerned that this practice is still widespread and that child labour laws are not effectively enforced. 64. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a comprehensive survey of the number, composition and characteristics of working children in order to design and implement a comprehensive strategy to prevent and combat their exploitation; (b) Ensure the implementation of the recent law prohibiting child labour in cotton fields; (c) Ratify ILO Conventions Nos. 138 (1973) and 182 (1999) and seek assistance from the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC) and UNICEF in this regard. Street children 65. The Committee is concerned at the lack of information from the State party on the existence of street children, and that other information indicates that their number may have increased in the last years. 66. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a study on the extent of this situation, and use the outcome of this study to establish a comprehensive strategy to prevent and reduce the number of street children; (b) Ensure that street children are provided with adequate nutrition, clothing, housing, health care and education opportunities, including vocational and life-skills training to support their full development; (c) Promote and implement programmes aimed at their physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration; and (d) Facilitate, whenever possible, reunification with their families. Trafficking 67. The Committee is concerned that the law does not expressly prohibit trafficking in persons. Furthermore, while noting that the extent of the problem of trafficking is not very high in the State party in comparison with other countries of the region, it is concerned at the information that girls from minority ethnic groups are more likely to be victim of trafficking as fewer educational or employment opportunities exist for them.

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