The 16-year-old was rescued off the coast of Libya from an overcrowded dinghyThe teenage refugee from the war-torn region of Tigray in Ethiopia had just had a narrow escape from drowning in the Mediterranean Sea -- like countless others before him.
The 17-month war between government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front has created a humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia and sparked fears of famine in Tigray, which has been under a de facto blockade for many months, according to the UN. "That's not the way to do it. He's not cutting anything here," he pointed out, with the experience of someone who has handled clippers many times on his journey into exile.
"Lacking the protection of an adult, they must be able to access their rights and the child protection that is part of that... in a safe place in Europe"," she said.
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