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documents it shows that the man is her father and the woman her mother. They aregoing to Budapest and have a tourist visa for Hungary for the duration of onemonth. They stay for two weeks in Hungary in an apartment belonging to friendsof the man.When W. asked for the reason for the stopover they say: “We do it in phases,like this we let you see Europe”. In reality she was obliged to stay all day in thehouse.After two weeks of reclusion finally she can go out, what is waiting for her is ajourney by foot which lasts 13 days. They walk day and night in woods togetherwith other persons, about 50. The three of them are the only Nigerians, the othercompanions of the journey are white, but W. is not able to indicate the nationality.They are all going towards the Austrian border.W. started having the first doubts, she does not understand the reasons for thistiring move and does not dare ask anything, she is frightened that the man whoaccompanied her will leave her there and she is worried about her father who doesnot know where she is. She is unable to eat anything, despite the fact that theperson escorting her brought bread, tuna and biscuits with him. Luckily it is Augustfor which it is possible, without suffering from the cold, to sleep in the open; butW. is frightened of animals and is always on the alert.Arrived at the Austrian border some persons are blocked, the others manage toescape, the man that is with her and the other Nigerian woman are amongst these.In Austria her escort telephones someone and he describes the place in whichthey find themselves, and soon a car driven by a Nigerian boy arrives who willaccompany her to Italy.At the border with Italy there is no one, and the group passes unobserved. Thefirst stage in Italy is in Verona where W. meets her madam with whom she willcontinue the journey to Turin.Interview victim No. 5It is 1998, T. is accompanied to the airport of Lagos by a man who was chargedwith facilitating her embarkation on a direct flight to Budapest. T. is travelling witha passport in which appears her photograph, but not her name, and has a touristvisa for Hungary for the duration of three weeks. On departure she is given 1,000Euros for the hotel and other expenses of the journey.Reaching Hungary she has a room in a hotel for which they have provided herwith the address before departure and where she remains three days. From there shetelephones Italy, to the man (B.) who offered her a job through a religiousorganisation in Rome, who assures her that he will send someone to collect her.A short while later in fact a Nigerian man presents himself to her at the hotel,C., who takes her to his home. This man has resided for more than 15 years inHungary, has obtained the nationality and is married with children. The housewhere he hosts T. is his own property.