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yes, what's coming up in our new series? dig in deep. we'll find out why northern cyprus is so attractive for african students and will also uncover this come exploitation and human traffic in some of the students have to endure. and we'll get into the mind of a human mental calculator. in many african countries, a foreign degree could improve one's life significantly. that is why more africans are chosen to study abroad. the traditional destination south always been bureau, north america, and china. but literally, a lot of africans are going to this tiny island, specifically each year, about $20000.00 africans school to the tech s republic of northern cyprus, a country that does not exist. so what is this place, and why isn't it a real country? said buck for a quick history lesson. ah,

the de facto states of the tech has republicans not. and cyprus must not be confused with the republic of cyprus in the south, which is part of the european union. the island of cyprus was divided in 1974 after a series of conflicts that resulted in turkey occupied in norton house. in 1983, the north unilaterally declared independence, which is only recognized by turkey. to day, the north is largely populated by turkish cypriots and the south by greek cypriots . the capital city is divided into nicholas c, i in the south and left kotia to the north. they night admissions maintains a buffer soon to avoid any further hostilities between the 2 sides. it is illegal to cross the border without a valid facade, due to its defact, to states us, and force in human rights in the north s hot. regardless in the last 2 decades, the law has seen a spike in international universities. as of this year,

around $20000.00 africans study in that not because education is relatively cheap. some of the students have however, been racially profiled and discriminated against. recently, the mafia has reportedly made northern cyprus, it's backyard. so why do many africans still study here? the reason could be that sub saharan africa is witnessing a boon in demand for tertiary education because of its young population. and invest in degree could mean a better paying job and possibly a better life. so when i saw this well produced but ambiguous video of a student is jesse that said, study in cyprus, a world class education center that promises employment into you. i got curious. so i traveled there to find out what's happening on that island. and what i found out is that, well, all that glitters is sign off for yourself. oh,

come with me. next time we are in the hut off left kasha in the ancient city in odin cyprus, this mediterranean island office, not just history, but also international education. and as a reason why each year, several 1000 african students show up on this island looking fun international degree. so what makes it so attractive? we find out us of this year between 20 and 30000 african students study in northern cyprus, given an overall population of less than 400000 inhabitants. that's quite and number, no one that they've become a pillar of the northern south cross economy and economy to has me struggling since a turkish cypriots declared independence in 1983 after years of war and crises

in the early 2 thousands, no university program started to attract international students with low tuition fees and affordable accommodation. the growing number of students keeps the economy running around 20 universities in the small defact of territory are wooing potential graduates. this must be students have in them to find out more i met with or my in the room who is a student, an editor for trouble magazine. so besides education, what do students get out of this place? as you know, cypress has a lot of terrace locations, so we organized the tires, places, and then take students their, their response is always like, oh, when is the next one happening? ways to happening puts me on your broadcast list so i can get a notification. so yeah, that sounds amazing, but stood and life cannot always be blissful. when i asked about potential problems,

omar insists so far you cannot have everything in everyone's you days. always going to be somebody new somewhere in the when you check the bad news compared to the positive aspects. of course you would find a bit of a higher ground for the positivity with this talk about bad news made me suspicious. so i decided to do some begin of my own. and what i found was disturbing. i've seen stories about racism, discrimination and even the death of some students is this the same modern cypress . there must be something happening here. i want to talk to some students to find

out if there's another side to the northern cyprus story on the outskirts of left kosher. i'm about to me to prove to stand up as students up near east university as president of the library and students association. he said a lot of complaints from other students who came to the island by agents recruit us who promised them easy work and affordable accommodation. but a reality is, is commas difficult. currently, i have are more than almost 10 students who are just pop in partially with france because they came and in accommodation on some of them. what the agent told in surprise and other stock the us as college at and the talk is stay low amount. why the international students pay high amount for godsig we students displays us or have a job? why shouldn't be like as plot, yet it is completely addiction. you feel the death of my he has blocked ation as

leticia, but no prospects for whack. and under financial pressure, some students choose desperate meshes. one of the mum bred us left thea with me. i do do the same best information he got from the indian luck did his work. so when he came, he went to school the 1st semester in the 2nd semester opponent, biggest to wish him, he couldn't be his wish. and so he decided to venture to this off, he got a rest debt, and he was sent to jill brutus himself faces severe financial difficulties because his agent did not tell him the truth. on top of all that, just recently his landlord arbitrarily increased the rent. and how are you going to manage this? well, that's a tough question. well, actually is probably 2 of the strongly i will go to be on

radios where i'm no good, i'm no, i'm not working. i don't have the money to pay aside the story. dot brutus has just shared. they are some other students who have been deported for things that we will not even consider a crime. and this gave me a glimpse into education in northern cyprus high while i'm you also mentioned that education events can be found everywhere. the help many international students find the right university, no place to stay. also in the t r n c, there are events who have done a fantastic job given some students a good experience. but out of this horse, misrepresentation of facts, half to some students in a really difficult position. so i went to find some one who knows a bit more about these events. emanuel archie is appear to the student and co founder of voice shot for voices of international students in cyprus, one of the largest student organizations on the island. and here is what i asked

him. and a critical part of this recruitment process is the use of agents are by david senior cities, talk to us about how that works. if i run age and for example, and be able for university, i have an understanding of the university that for every student i bring to northern part of cyprus. all right, i get paid about $500.00 to $600.00 by the university. i also reserve the right to ask for a feed from the student i'm bringing. and so, so just to understand that the agents able to take it fees from the students and also paid costs off of seas from the recipe for bringing their students. absolutely, absolutely, and i think a really bad thing about the whole agency issues that it's not regulated. in fact, we do know from some of those studies that we've done that a huge, almost he's to percent of students, set the agenda, misled them, and i to them when you say them misled them. what, what,

what are some of the things that agents told them that were not true? i mean, we've heard cases as bad, all right, as well. and not mentioned in that you had come to the northern part of cyprus, justin cyprus, and you may be asking the question, move all the technology information. how are these forms all mostly not able to find the yeah, vision. and we did as this question for some agents on what they told us was we, we really, it, we contact the parents, they would not go to the internet on such searching for information about type a. so it's easier to mislead that way. but of course, we also know that some agents would not talk about your comments, was happy to tell you, well, your commission has been part of cyprus, but they don't give you the full picture. you are told for it. it was illegal workers. scholarships, well, the scholarships are sham. this scholarship do not exist. that looks like the agents system is not regulated at all. how is this even possible? i would know that the very short answer i would charge you is that it's by design.

in fact, it is no longer misleading information. it is trafficking and the institutions and the administration is beauty. i've been a part of this. so the entire system is benefiting from the general practices. therefore, missionary manual gave me was not only disturbing, but back by heart. fox voice did a survey of $800.00 students with 79 point one percent of them being african modem . half of them had bad experiences with ya. aiden's on an island would little to no student jobs become an agent, could be lucrative. the entry barrier is low. the mission regulation leads to a large number of misled and often for mobile, young people easy, pre for loan sharks and all sorts of other exploitation. ask for seal assume a human rights lawyer tells me. so you are telling me about a mill students who also end up in the construction sector. explain again how that

works. so what they do is that sometimes they try to find jobs, they can't. so they fail to pay the university as they become passive students. so they become irregular. they do them at the same time and they can go back to their counselors for are bright of reasons either because they're scared that they will be judged by their parents. because their parents have paid a lot for their child to go up road, you know, especially in some african cultures, is a very, very valuable thing to send someone up wrote. and they, they don't know what to, but to do when they go back to their cancers without even a degree. so they still have a hope that they can work and in the future, once they save money, they would complete their studies. basically, this is the major motivation and they, they work in construction size. we see young to especially african men to work in the construction sides and to work in the agriculture in the farmers. especially mean, of course you don't have to mention that means,

but are there specific examples of human trafficking that you have personally dealt with? yes, yes. i mean, actually many cases and they are recently monster related to trafficking of young african girls into and they're forced into sex at work basically by personnel traffickers or sometimes criminal groups. and they deceive them. and when they arrive here they move. they meet with them in the airport and they take them to private apartments. and the few days later, they start telling them that they need to engage in prostitution. and that they have depths to that traffic or so we called it dep on dates in the literature of human trafficking. so they, they say that they are not allowed to leave the home. they're not allowed to go to the university. and if they resist, most of the time they are physically abuse or psychologically manipulated by the traffickers. so this is a very typical sexual exploitation case in another part of texas and kanisha some

light on who these groups. these criminal networks with the abuse of the student visa type of trafficking. we see a lot of putting kind of traffic, her groups being that and their numbers are getting higher and higher each year. basically, i'm trying to understand when you see foreign tropical groups, what are some me so in that, in the exploitation of young african goes, we see african woman and african men engaged mostly. but also they have collaboration with some locals as well. i mean, it's just horrible and to make matters worse because they're t r n c is a de facto state. it is really hard to enforce human rights on when groups like physiologists rescue some of these girls. it cannot directly talk to some government in africa because this part is more recognized and really the request for education should never lead to situations like with just head, although investigations are ongoing. what i found out is that many of these cases

never make it to the attorney general's office for prosecution. the police officer says it is conducting more investigations, investigations that really never end. so i confronted ben lawton, south ross, minister of education, with these problems. some of a lot of international students are facing challenges with regard to discrimination issues to do with russia, profile in universities as a result of the competition selling programs that sometimes not exist or agents represented in wes, this in a way that is not accurate. what is the plan to deal with these issues regarding the international students? her face would drop off your bay. i should m r p pool on nor t inherently discriminatory. said oh, we can not allow an isolated incidents to generalize their whole takesha community

in limerick a couple of them to the gym as well thought total globule. jim's beer to them been here, but despite all of this, um, they are issues with misrepresentation and students getting here and finding out that their reality ah, is not what is actually on the ground. and this is regards to destiny de invest. he's using it and how is, are these agents and they, their equipment or leasing recipes. supervised a gentlemanly in risk to let him, kim, the, with sure that all the universities are in communication with the student. so letter. but with regards to the agencies, we are preparing a legislation, beyaza's, the agents have to be accredited by the ministry of education. if they want to bring 4 in students who are the ones that are not accredited, are not able to bring students to the island with injury, which trickles and also dos edge and so mislead students will be penalised or all

even if minor incidents happen. but also the cult michelle of dollars from now they will be held accountable at hankey bureau in japan. berlin. she katie, all much. that chalk, matthew, that bird a be all i all will show selena on, on that to nick ish. mit other a gen to let me let him become an occur figured in a state where corruption is rife, get injustice is a slow process. still, not in cyprus, ask great universities. the of them round in the times high education list, but for your own safety facility soon has some advice. don't rely on an individual to come to the non competitive cypress. try to rely on institutions. try to make your research in the best way you can. don't trust the people that you mean online . don't trust to the words saying that you will easily find the job here because it's not true. we have an economic crisis here and it's going to get verse and

there are basically almost no job opportunities, no decent job opportunities, i may say for years. so probably, even if you find the job you would be exploited and you would not be able to to seek justice after that. so, and plus, make sure that you are financially sustainable enough. and so that if you have any problems here, you wouldn't be in a position financially thing. on average, the semester fees in the north, in cyprus, it's about 1000 years. and this is very cheap compared to europe or north america. and because of this, northern cyprus will continue to be hop for those who are looking for a cheap degree. but you need to understand that it is not europe, and it is not the republic of cyprus. and more importantly, in need to listen to the advice that physio, as just given. if you've had any experience,

a non cyprus getting talked with us by our social media, and also via email 7 to 7 at dw dot com. you can also watch the full version of our new series begin deep on youtube tunnel from africa, students who are trying to get an education outside a continent. let's meet this teacher who has a fascinating brain. michael july. beer does not need a calculator to find out what is 100000000000 minus 3 multiply by 5 divided by 2. he just dos it's in his mind. let's find out how his mind works. and then they call him the human calculator. turn up michael jewelry is legacy must with kid in seconds, he can crunch big numbers. he can odd, obstruct divide, find square and cube root. he's c his q as a superpower. but for 10, it's simple. we had some i banassi magnet and maybe the question just like the i

don't get up. it's been attracted to immediately. it takes 15 percent in mind because i needed a geographer, but profession taylor has always been good at mathematics, but he doesn't rest on his laurels. he's obsessed with improving. this is my battery. i travel much as what was going on as it contains number. not in numbers alone on now i can get better with things i don't know to be for one to 30 old is not putting or using his math skills to well crowds in lego. teach you to to, to, to let himself graduated a year ago. he's already a celebrity at lego state university. on miko new mentor for a fee is now when he left for com. i'd be calling to know much about our development. now my friends, tennis skews, often leave his p as in all. but the good natured puffin takes it in his train. if

you see me, we might not be an ordinary even when he gets into the about me before the see what i can do, then i'll call him you can do these ordinary duties out of his ward and sell those abilities are starting to pay off even lending him a scholarship for software engineering for an i c t college in or you divide about and i mean. 2 you don't sleep on this much, we with he's abilities and he's definitely want to watch what's their square root toss? 25 minus 3 times 2 into 4 and 40 mean i can't. that's why i keep an eye on to a lady because this kind of identity, it's truly magical. and hey, talking about magic. less had to kept town in south africa for more than 30 years.

the college of magic has been teaching young people everything from clever tricks to spellbinding illusions. and i thought only about wizardry and fun. so come along. let's step into this magical welt. ah, hi everyone. i did it yesterday and we'll come to the college of me. oh hello, what is your name? what's the, what's post r g? we didn't see that the kind of magic is where young people come and then the ad skill of magic noise is extramural activities like juggling. oh, i've been with the college of music since these. so the been using because it's huge. i was told, i wonder, is west as of this year of when

a lot of prizes here, the college of magic changed my life in the really positive way was i would didn't say i excelled it school by. i could that country dinner of whenever we doing our own exam. so i would go in for i didn't have that confidence. okay. yeah, i'm in front of people. yeah. where is out before joining the college of me jingle is just that shy. pissy who was sitting in the corner who couldn't approach people to make friends. magic and jacqueline yeah, the end of the as a fast and like magic a leg. so someone with a c, h 2 in this is going to see that this is the extra rembert ation. we have people from different communities,

different religions. and he says, yeah, and now we don't judge either cause we are here for the same called which is doing magic. so if you have people with the same code in one place, that is very powerful. oh little you, good interest keeps speaking chemo spades. no, please come to the king of speed because the king of spirit has been here one time . oh, so now you know that hogwash is not the only magic school, albert. that's our show for this week and i'm glad you're still with me till the end. we'll be back next week with a brand new episode of a 77 percent. and now we have a musical treat for you. yes, somebody great. we have song, final full enjoy and until next time. thanks for watching.

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