12-Year-Old Senegalese Girl Found at Lisbon Airport Says She Was Sent to France to Marry
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A 12-year-old girl was rescued at Lisbon airport after revealing that her family gave her up for a forced marriage to pay off a debt.
The Portuguese Public Security Police arrested a 45-year-old French woman accompanying the minor on a flight from Senegal, who claimed to be her mother, a version that collapsed during passport control.
A 12-year-old girl was rescued by the Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, after revealing that she would be taken to France for a forced marriage as a way of removing a debt from her family. The operation took place on the last 25 July, and the woman accompanying her was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a human trafficking scheme.
A 12-year-old girl revealed to the authorities that she was handed over by her own parents to be transported to France, where she allegedly took care of a man to whom she would have been promised in marriage. The report led to the arrest of a woman suspected of trafficking in persons at Lisbon Airport
Incongruence of documents motivated suspicions. Foreign woman initially claimed to be the mother of the girl. Later, she admitted to having received money to transport and deliver minor in France.
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