Watch Zakaria Osman’s Story: Rebellion against the traffickers Zakaria Osman and his friends could not take the daily torture anymore and tried to break out of the trafficker’s prison. Watch his story!
Watch Janet’s Story: Forced into prostitution through black magic “Then she took me to another place where my panties, some hair from my armpit and hair from my private parts were collected. She said it is to prevent me running away. If I ran away, they would use those items to invoke madness on me.” Janet from Nigeria was promised a job in South Africa. She ended up as prostitute in Europe, forced to work in the streets believing that she was under a magic spell preventing her from fleeing. Watch her story!
Watch Rita's Story: Thrown to the Wolves Rita was living in the streets of Nigeria, surviving by begging money from passers-by. One day she was approached by a friendly woman who took her to her home. She said she had a supermarket in Europe and asked Rita if she would like to go there and work. Rita was delighted.
Watch Still Living the Nightmare In this video nine Nigerian women who have been trafficked to Europe and forced into prostitution describe how this horrible experience affected them mentally. They have fled from their tormentors but are still suffering from depression, bad memories and nightmares.
Watch Sweet Promises In this video eight Nigerian women who have fled sexual slavery in Italy recall how they were recruited back home in Nigeria. All of them were in a vulnerable situation, having left their home because of domestic violence or other reasons and desperately poor. Then they were promised a job abroad by somebody they met in the street.
Watch Nesh Nesh’s Story: Follow the legal way! “Always when you follow the legal procedures, it’s very helpful in life. A lot of my brothers escaped from Italy. They still have no legal status, they are still drifting about and facing a lot of problems. So, what I went through, the legal procedure that took ten months, has helped me a lot.” Nesh Nesh speaks about how some asylum seekers go from country to country instead of following the slow but legal path to asylum. Watch his story!
Watch Abdisamad Omar’s Story “When I heard people saying they’d go back again and look for a smuggler, that’s when I remembered I’d lost my sister on that road. I thought, if you go back you might die there like your sister and your mum will lose you too.” Abdisamad was rescued at sea and taken back to Libya. He decided to return to Somalia instead of risking his life at sea again. Watch his story!
Watch Aman’s Story: Treated like a piece of commodity “They see you as money. Imagine that your life is valued in terms of money and you are shipped around like a piece of commodity.” Aman describes how he and his friends were kidnapped in Libya and sold from one band of traffickers to another, like animals in a market. Watch his story!
Watch Fathia’s Story: Saving loved ones from torture and death “He said, Mum, I’m being held hostage by the traffickers! When I heard that I almost died. I knew what that meant.” Watch Fathia’s story!
Watch Khadar’s Story Khadar’s journey through Ethiopia, Sudan, and Libya took him two months and fifteen days. Throughout the journey his parents were worried and had to take out loans to pay his smugglers and traffickers, which put a financial strain on them. The whole journey cost 4,000 USD.
Watch Eyob’s Story: Fear and stress Listen to Eyob recount his decision to depart the camp and embark on the journey to Europe, through Libya and at sea..