Desperate dreams

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An African child

Every year, thousands of young people from sub-Saharan Africa set off across the desert dreaming of a better life in Europe.

Many fall prey to ruthless smugglers or find themselves stranded in a foreign country without the means to continue or return home.

In this series, Jenny Cuffe meets the people involved - those who facilitate the human trade and those who gamble all in pursuit of their dreams.

She follows the journey of two migrants, Alfred Kofi, a 25 year old from Ghana and 19 year old Fereinatu Amedu from Nigeria.

She finds out why they risk their lives and what happens to those who never reach their destination.

Programme Three - Going Home

Nigerian teenager, Fereinatu Amedu dreams of studying at university in Europe.

Her trafficker makes her swear an oath of silence in front of a witchdoctor and takes her to a garrison town near the Libyan border where she is forced to prostitute herself.

We meet her when she has managed to escape to Agadez and follow her back to Nigeria where, instead of being greeted with joy by her parents, she finds they are disappointed to see her return empty-handed.

First broadcast 28th January 2008

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