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- Porous border aids human trafficking.
IRIN News, 21 May 2008.
Nigeria’s porous border with its northern neighbour Niger is being exploited by traffickers smuggling teenage girls to Europe where they will work as prostitutes, immigration officials told IRIN.
- Nigeria's immorality is about hypocrisy, not miniskirts.
The Guardian, 2 April 2008. A bill that seeks to stop women dressing indecently shows how warped our notions of culture have become
- Trafficked children tell their stories.
BBC News, 5 February 2008.
Solomon and Rebecca (not her real name) are two of the longest-staying residents at a shelter for trafficked children in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
- Nigerian woman loses battle against deportation.
Irish Independent, 30 January 2008.
A Nigerian woman who said she feared her daughters would be subjected to the torture of female genital mutilation in her native country, has lost her bid to stop their deportation.
- Poverty and poor education behind child trafficking.
IRIN News, 24 January 2008. Authorities in Nigeria have started identifying the parents of 105 children found packed on a lorry last week who they suspect were trafficked to serve as beggars or servants after their parents allowed them to go away with strangers who promised to feed and educate them.
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