Travel bans don't deter refugees; they just make it easier for smugglers and traffickers to exploit them. Bhekisisa_MG reports.
imposed by Donald Trump, which affected refugee resettlement programmes, has had a devastating impact on the hopes of young people in the camps. Many had been waiting for years only to be told they cannot travel.
It is a desperate, dangerous journey for refugees, but a lucrative business for people smugglers. The journey, popularly known asSmugglers recently started operating a new form of, a “leave-now-pay-later” scheme that enables young refugees to travel without their parents’ knowledge or consent. Ubah says she was asked to give varying amounts of money to different people in Nairobi and Mogadishu. She believes these people covered her son’s travel costs.
“He told me he is being tortured and starved. They punish him because we delayed paying the money they asked for,” she says.Nadifo’s son was also a student, among the 10 000 children currently enrolled in the camps’ seven secondary schools. But the Kenyan government does not allow refugees to work and so there is little hope of getting employment or going to university. Globally, only 1% of young refugees attend university.
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