Child maltreatment: concerns during confinement

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With confinement, all actors in child protection are worried about a resurgence of violence. The Secretary of State for Child Protection last week called for vigilance and collective mobilization.

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In France, 80% of violence against children is committed within families. A chilling camera is being played out for hundreds of children, explains Yves Crespin, lawyer for the association Enfant Bleu. " The violence is likely to be exacerbated, especially since there can be even more situations of nervousness of which the children can be the victims, " he explains.

Report any abnormal situation

The violence in foster homes also worries Lyes Louffok, a former child in care and a specialized educator. " Obviously, the violence in the institutions will also increase in a fairly massive way because the professionals who already work in understaffing, without mask, without gel, without gloves, without any protection, will be exhausted very quickly and that is going to have an impact on supporting children, ”he says.

Physical, sexual or psychological violence : any abnormal situation must be reported, repeats Yves Crespin. " If it is not the educators, the teachers because there is no school at the moment, it is the neighbors who can alert," he continues. Family members must report, it is an offense not to report . ” A telephone number is available, 119, but also the police and association platforms.

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