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The claim

දරුවන් තිස්දාහක් මහපාරේ සිඟමනේ යෙදෙන බවට පළවූ පුවත් වාර්තා ගැන කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීමක්!

Rating

Missing Context

Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

The review says the figure of 30,000 was a hypothesis based on informal interviews, not a finding supported by a formal University of Peradeniya survey or research. It also notes that street children and children engaged in begging are different categories, and that Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority receives about 300 complaints about child-begging incidents annually.[S1]

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  1. [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026