They have nothing to lose from the Nigerian women who start with destination Europe and America and have big dreams. It is found to be prostitutes. When they return home are no longer affects and are victims of superstitions
The endless drama of Nigeria, start dreaming of abetter life and forced into prostitution to repay the long journey that has led them in Europe. The return home is even worse, poverty and the so-called magic that can free them prevents them a good life. To complaints is the president of the organization "Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Re-integration" (IYAMIDR), Solomon Okoduwa.
Okoduwa is responsible for the reintegration of women who have suffered the humiliation of it sexist. How do you explain to the Voice of America , many young Nigerian dream of going to Europe or America to study or find a job, but the harsh reality that awaits them is the way. A woman says that she arrived in Italy full of hope, but the job I was forced to do was to prostitute on the streets of Rome, even ending up in prison. Once released was carried out at the airport with one-way ticket to the state of Edo in Nigeria, where it came from. Thus began the labor of "freedom", that for these women is even worse than the street life. Arrived in his native village can not find the love of his family, but their rudeness and indifference of the other inhabitants.
In addition, women who fall in Nigeria live with the anxiety of being killed by the spell juju, the so-called magical oath made before departure, which requires them to pay smugglers for the trip to Europe. Okoduwa reports that are the same as traditional priests, who managed the oath, to have the power to free the victims of trafficking from the spell of sex. The superstition is that women who fall they realize that they are free only when the alleged priest breaks the spell. Okoduwa can act as a mediator between the priest and women, making them aware of their freedom.
The organization IYAMIDR runs a training program for returnees, teaching some practical crafts from agriculture to company work. Unfortunately, once the course, there are no jobs available, much less these young people have avvivare of capital for new businesses. It is precisely the lack of opportunities that encourage young people to dream of going on. As stated Okoduwa "the belief that the neighbor's garden is greener" serves as a driving force to increase the desire of departure.
Even the sad stories of women who fall can dampen their frenzy for the trip. To demonstrate this, the president of 'IYAMIDR led the cameras in the Voice of America in the village of Abumwenre in the state of Edo. Here twenty-three Naomi Benjamin told the immense disappointment that pervaded his heart, arrived in Europe when she was forced into prostitution. The woman said he tried in vain to escape from the traffickers and have even spent two years in prison. After listening attentively to the story, the eighteen year old Joy Eriamentor admitted to still feel a strong need to go. She dreams of America because there will be able to study science, "we do not have any help. No work. My family is too poor, so I want to go to America, "said the young man with eyes full of hope. [Source Voice of America]. Young people know the risks of the journey, but the hope of a better life is stronger, in the end have nothing to lose.
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