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MJT
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 Posted - 27 Sep 2007 : 23:08:49
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Abaraka Kiwi!
Why did her Parents send her away?Das is eine gute Frage |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 11:13:39
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| i think this should be publicised, with a name like rebeca she will belong to a certain community, it should be easy to trace the family, tribe, location. some adult was involved in this. let them pay the price, more publicity on this please. |
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kiwi
Sweden
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 12:09:20
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At the age of 12 she should be able to tell where she comes from, it she wants to, or if she is not told not to relieve it by her parents, or someone else.
There is a possibility that Rebeca is a "nickname" given to her by authorities or journalists. |
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leokat
United Kingdom
123 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 13:22:10
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Originally posted by kiwi
Rebeca is a twelve years old Gambian girl. Last week she arrived to El Hierro in a cayuco together with two young boys and 143 adults. She is the first girl arriving without any family members. The Canary Islands have no centre for girls, therefore she will be placed in an orphanage.
Why did her parents send her away? Did they expected her start working and send money home? Or did they need one less to feed? Doesn´t she have any parents?
I have no proof of this but it is my belief that the (West African)parents of children under 18 years of age are becoming increasingly aware that the authoriies in Spain do not forceably repatriate under age migrants.
In this case 'Rebecca's' parents actions (assuming that they are responsible for and/or aware of their daughter traveling to Spain) might be understandable. Rebecca will have a home, be fed, and gain an education. The parents will have one less mouth to feed, and one education less to pay for. Her parents (if they thought about it at all) probably weighed this against the loss of their daughter, her possible death at sea, and what might happen to her once in Spain (exploitation, prostitution etc) and thought it was 'worth the risk'. |
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leokat
United Kingdom
123 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 13:36:32
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... WHAT ABOUT GAMBIA?...
It is my fear that the current inflation of the Dalassi might have an effect on the levels of young people attemping to travel to the West.
Many of the people who make the journey work with the tourists in one capacity or another; and high numbers of these receive a large proportion of their income in Pounds, Euros, and Dollars from friends, girlfriends, and relatives etc. Therefore, the current exchange rates are likely to leave these people worse off than previously. In addition, some may feel that, as their Dalassi savings will give them better spending power than ever before, now is the time to make the journey.
I hope I am wrong. Any increase in the numbers of people attempting to reach the Canaries by boat can only result in more fatalities. |
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jambo
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 14:40:59
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| leokat, hold on to that fear, a small trickle ends in a flood, this is how children from war torn countries end up in europe, countries will not stand for it. also when they are adults in the case of UK, all kinds of problems arise, they can become stateless, no passport id and can be deported |
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kiwi
Sweden
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Posted - 15 Nov 2007 : 20:32:11
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The two documentary films which were supposed to act as a deterrent have to the Spanish authorities surprise had an opposite effect and attract under aged to go away.
The films, one produced by the Spanish Government and one by the Canarian Government, have been shown in Guinea Bissau, Mali, Sierra Leone, Morocco, Guinea Conackry and Mauritania. They show how the young boys are taken care of and how they live – much better than they do at home!
For now there are about one thousand under age boys on the Canary Islands.
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