Deported prostitutes yearn to go back
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Deported prostitutes yearn to go back
In spite of the ordeals they go through, many of the girls repatriated from abroad for prostitution want to return to their base if given the chance, it has been learnt.
This is partly because they are afraid of prosecution and are ill-treated on their return, right from the airport to their detention camp.
The girls were said to have worked for many years at the whims and caprices of their traffickers, until such traffickers recoup the money they spent on their trip.
A study by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) shows that between four and six in every 10 repatriated girls want to travel back to their base.
Executive Secretary of NAPTIP, Mrs Carol Ndaguba, said none of them had actually been allowed to travel again.
She revealed that the agency had adopted a rehabilitation programme to reverse the trend.
Mrs. Ndaguba said at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum at the weekend in Abuja that it now organises reception for the girls at the airport to give them a sense of belonging.
"Before now, they were treated badly at the airport by securitymen. They don't even give them water to drink and this makes them view Nigeria as a hostile country.
"Their detention camp abroad before repatriation is usually comfortable and they complain openly about the disparity in treatment.
"They are afraid, they are angry and they feel that they are coming home to go to jail," Ndaguba said.
http://naijanet.com/news/source/2004/jun/15/1002.html
This is partly because they are afraid of prosecution and are ill-treated on their return, right from the airport to their detention camp.
The girls were said to have worked for many years at the whims and caprices of their traffickers, until such traffickers recoup the money they spent on their trip.
A study by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) shows that between four and six in every 10 repatriated girls want to travel back to their base.
Executive Secretary of NAPTIP, Mrs Carol Ndaguba, said none of them had actually been allowed to travel again.
She revealed that the agency had adopted a rehabilitation programme to reverse the trend.
Mrs. Ndaguba said at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum at the weekend in Abuja that it now organises reception for the girls at the airport to give them a sense of belonging.
"Before now, they were treated badly at the airport by securitymen. They don't even give them water to drink and this makes them view Nigeria as a hostile country.
"Their detention camp abroad before repatriation is usually comfortable and they complain openly about the disparity in treatment.
"They are afraid, they are angry and they feel that they are coming home to go to jail," Ndaguba said.
http://naijanet.com/news/source/2004/jun/15/1002.html
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