Social Development Ministry opens anti-vagrancy unit

By Petra - Apr 19,2014 - Last updated at Apr 19,2014

AMMAN — The planning committee in the Social Development Ministry on Saturday decided to open a comprehensive unit for fighting vagrancy at it’s headquarters and transfer the affiliation of the Hashmi and Shafa Badran childcare centres for the care of children from the Social Defence Directorate to the Family and Childhood Directorate.

The anti-vagrancy unit will include several departments, one of which will be tasked with monitoring the streets day and night in search for beggars.

A second department will receive citizens’ complaints, file the cases and follow up with the relevant parties.

A third department will be responsible for providing beggars with social care.

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