He left the United Kingdom and went to Ghana. She didn’t like it and, at 14, sued her parents. And it is not a unique case in this context.
“I feel like I’m hell. I really think I don’t deserve this and I want to go homefor England as soon as possible. ”
The words were written by a 14 -year -old teenagerread in court – where the judgment put On the one hand the son and on the other side… the parents.
The story sums up: the 14 -year -old prosecuted his parents because changed country. It was in United Kingdom, in London, and the parents put their child in Gana, num inner school.
“I would never have agreed With that, ”says the student.
There is an important point in this story: when he went to Ghana with his parents, he was told (by his own parents) that they would only Visit a family member who was sick. After all, I was going to live there.
Parents have a justification for this forced change. And they repeated it in court: they feared that their son was involved in crimes and if it were victim of any criminal activity.
It’s just that he was in a gang area, he had already begun to enter the environment and was already showing “unhealthy interest” for knives.
A school (old) reinforced: had “Suspective About an apparent involvement in crimes, ”and noticed that he had started walking with expensive clothes and various mobile phones.
Besides, just before a young man precisely 14 had been stabbed In a bus, in the area.
“We didn’t want our son to be Another stabbed black teenager Even death on the streets of London, ”said his father.
“Sending it to Ghana has never been a punishment; It was a way to protect it. My son would never survive here, ”the mother added to the same statement.
O Judge realizedagreed. Considered that the parents only put their child in Ghana for “Unconditional, deep and obvious love.” Feared for security of the son. And also dictated that the boy would be in danger if it returned to United Kingdom.
O son never agreed. The young man, who was born in the United Kingdom and always lived there, said it was “Ridicularized”, “Bolted” in the new school and “never settled” at the school in Ghana. And said that never realized what was happening.
In fact, it was “so scared e desperate” which contacted institutions that take care of children, such as children and families beyond borders, who put them in contact with lawyers.
And assured that never had had any involvement with gangs. No way. Nor did he know anyone from a gang – although he admitted that he did not always portray well (and thinks that is why it was sent to Africa).
But the Judge gave the parents reason.
The solicitor involved in this case told the BBC that this young man – whose name was not revealed – It is not a single case. It has seen a growth in cases of adolescents who have been placed in other countries and now try to return to the UK.
And yes, other similar cases have followed the courts.
