STREET children in Metro Manila are being held in detention centers alongside adult criminals in a cynical drive to clear the metropolis of “human eyesores” while Pope Francis is in the country.

To make the city more presentable, reports said police and local government officials rounded up hundreds of boys and girls from roadsides and under the bridges. Some of the children reportedly landed in jail.

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