The 8-year-old boy smuggled into Spain in a suitcase from Morocco was granted a temporary residence permit from the local government on Thursdayand has been allowed to stay.
The boy, Adou Ouattara, 8, was on May 7, found curled up inside a suitcase at a border checkpoint in Ceuta. The suitcase was being taken through a pedestrian border crossing by a 19-year-old woman when a border security scanner detected him. Several hours later, his father, Ali, was arrested for trying to have the boy smuggled into the country.
Ali and Adou's mother and sister live in Spain legally but his son lacked permission to join them there because their income was deemed too low.
Immigration authorities have now granted him temporary residence permit to live in Spain for one year so he can be reunited with his mother.
Photos: TIME
Awwwww nice. But errrmmm dAt him papa sef what if the boy suffocated? Well I guess some risks are worth taking.
ReplyDeleteNa wah.
DeleteThat was risky.
He could have died in that suitcase.
Thank God sha.
OMG... This is damn risky mehn.. ..
DeleteToo risky jor
DeleteUnder age things..... Good for him.
ReplyDeleteShebi they refused them when they applied the right way, now they did it the wrong way they are forced to accept him. That's the problem with these countries. They don't like the truth sometimes.
DeleteHian
ReplyDeleteJust one year?? Nawa oh
DeleteWhat happens to him after that one year??
His age is an advantage for him,am happy for him.
ReplyDeleteAfter one year what will happen to him? This is good though. @least for now.
ReplyDeleteThey will extend his stay. They are just respecting protocol not to have granted him a permanent residence at once.
DeleteI hope so.
DeleteLol..i dnt knw y I find this hilarious....hahaha
ReplyDeleteOne year lol that will be enough to fight for his stay
ReplyDeleteI have a dream that the white will look up to Africa for refuge
ReplyDeleteWake up.
DeleteHahahahah...Anon 22:18....*dead*...lol
DeleteI'm really touched. Just hope others won't decide to try dis cos of that. They should be allowing parents to stay with their kids to avoid these kinds of desperate act.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm
ReplyDeleteJust like that?
Lucky him!
Good.
ReplyDeleteI just wanna cry! Poor family they were too desperate awwwww
ReplyDeleteIt is a wa!
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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If the mum is there legally then the son should be allows to stay too....
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Thank God he made it, it was a risky and life threatening venture he took. Glad he is fine
ReplyDeletePoor child, hope his limbs are okay. Bent like that for hours and with little oxygen... Oh my..
ReplyDeleteThank God the Spanish authorities looked on the side and considered it best interest for the child to be and bond with his Mom.
Na wa
ReplyDeleteNa real wa my sister!
DeleteNa really wa!
DeleteSerious wa
DeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteAm kında happy for the famıly oo.
A stupıd move by the father, jeopardızıng hıs own stay.
Wonder how d boy survıved hours ınsıde a suıtcase.
My sılly sıster saıd, dey must av punctured holes ın2 the suıtcase n thrown some chın-chın for the boy.
The father must be a rugged man #TufıakwaAbeg!
what ıf the suıtcace was re-adjusted n the boys legs were hangıng ın d aır, ın an uncomfy posıtıon.
Nna na to cry out oo, an expose my papa. Who wan dıe!
I loathe poverty wıth the whole of my heart.
Dry weekend!!! Vexing!! Feel like ranting...
ReplyDeleteSo happy for jim.
ReplyDeleteLucky him.
ReplyDeleteBoy... u must keep dis pix ooo.. funny
ReplyDeleteThank God 4 dat, but his dad took a big risk
ReplyDeleteAnoda goodnews!
ReplyDeletei am just happy that the boy survived.
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I trust some people, they would try to do same....hehehehe
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity, thank God he was allowed to stay.
ReplyDeleteawww that's so sweet
ReplyDeleteHope this won't become the new trend just as the trekking trend o cos our people are that bad o
ReplyDeleteOhhhh so touching.
ReplyDeleteThank God!
ReplyDeleteNo be small thing o
ReplyDeleteGod really watched over him ooo...
ReplyDeleteThank God it ended in praise.
ReplyDeleteNa wah, see wetin poverty dey cause.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm, dis boys father is really mean ooo, all d way 4rm morocco 2 spain he smuggled his 8 year old son?? Nawa ooo but thank God 4 d little boy.
ReplyDeletethey should better allow him stay with his family. what nonsense. is an 8 year old boy expected to fend for himself while his whole family is in a different country? I don't know why nature was so unfair to Africans
ReplyDeleteOh thank God.
ReplyDeleteso funny!
ReplyDeleteNiceee. That's a country with a human heart.
ReplyDeleteThat's so thoughtful of them
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