a she's got issues at all so crazy when it's time for another informative edition of the 77 percent. sure. this is where the continental young people, those of us who love afro beats and a more piano. this is where we love to meet. but we don't just talk about music because there is so much more happening across the continent. i am mike lottie, and i am glad to have you here. with covered up in today's program, we travel to lawton, cyprus, and magnet for african students. but with many obstacles, then we take

a look at why many africans are packed in the box and moving abroad. later, we focused on a guardian entrepreneur who came home from abroad to start again, change in p. r. company. migration is important that i was asked to new ideas, skills and resources, but what's more important is my greet him safely. unfortunately, in 22, in one a lot more than 1000 africans died, attempting to reach spain squan, canaria island box up modality. kara was lucky to survive that trip, but he wants more people to pay attention to the risk less dive into his story. the last few years have been a struggle for my de la to cut the young molly and dreams of boxing and the lumpy king. but it's a miracle he's still alive at all. modular toughness opponent wasn't in the ring,

but it see he was still in mind when he boarded the fishing boat in montana to embark on an odyssey towards kennedy island. what was the last day i was to the next period and just had no strength left. i was so scared all the time. but when you find yourself in such an extreme situation, you eventually lose. i also learned a lot about that for boxing, you have to go to your limits and overcome the fears. otherwise, your country medulla finally reached the coast of spain here at the small port on grand canada. even today, there are still remains of the refugee both since medulla arrived here more than 7 years ago. the number of migrants using this route has risen rapidly and so has a number of those who didn't survive the crossing. everyone is while the weight of the risk says my dollar, but they're willing to take it for the sake of the families. 2000 kilometers away on the other side of the sea medallist family follows his every move in spain,

half of millions live in poverty. the condemning in various political crisis have only made the situation was from school fees to the ingredients for lunch. the money that my de la painstaking the states together through boxing and kitchen jobs, all goes towards taking care of his family. but mom for us, it is necessary for survival. he said out to relieve us of our suffering medallist journey has brought a lot of good to the family. we know he works very hard to follow and we know he doesn't have it easy where he is right now. when i'm not far from the family's house is one of the markers by stations every day, young molly and set out from here to seek their fortune in europe like my de la some even remember him from around the neighbourhood. i don't know yet. we've heard of madonna,

but he's one of us but we follow his movement and everything he does is doing a great job. one day we want to be like him. i don't, i will. but i mean, i don't, i mean, i got, i went ahead and madonna has mixed feelings about this. he knows that many of the young migrants will not survive the journey. and even if they do manage to make it to the island most struggle to meet the high expectations of the family. madonna gives a new come as tips to help them find a way around the island. he knows they don't have the same opportunities that he had just a few years ago. the island is now overwhelmed with a huge number of arrival on top of this. they also need to contend with the pin demick and the few of the war and economic problems in europe. and i was lucky, but then there was hardly any under my groans, yet i was able to do an apprenticeship and intention and finding a job was also much easier. but the last few years here have turned into

a crisis. there are no longer 2000 migrants coming here every year, but tens of thousands. that's just too many. but the situation is also increasingly hopeless in his homeland says mandala. he's worried that the spain c rescue service will be very busy in the coming months. unfortunately, because of the limited legal routes to migration stories like my dallas is very common and he is a part of a large extra dose of young africans from the continent. some took their risky, bold riots we've just seen, while others look for education and new skills. but what's certain is that in recent years, more young africans are willing to travel abroad. so was pushing them out of their homes, into distant lamps. more and more young africans are packing their bags and moving abroad as political instability and follow out from the cove at 19 pandemic take

its toll. across the continent, a good portion of africa's youth are evidently had you met death elsewhere. according to the african youth survey, 2022 from south africa's incubator family foundation. only 32 percent of the 4500 young people interview optimistic about a prospect. a drop of a letter to send to since the last survey in 2020. in fact, only responded and thing garner had to wonder thought their countries were moving in the right direction. more than half those surveys are considering moving to another country in the next 3 years. as a way to secure employment and education opportunities. this generation of young africans are more focused on their personal and entrepreneurial ambitions than their parents were actually 2 thirds believe they have better prospects than their parents. but they're like of access to capital to realize their dreams is that healing their desire to move abroad. about 60 percent of africa population is under

$25.00. but right now there simply aren't enough universities on the continent to cater to this growing demographics. ambition. grants also need to contend with a frustrating paradox. while africa has a shortage of skilled workers in areas like technology, engineering, and health, skilled young africans remain under employed. many young africans head to europe, north america, and china, to try and secure their features. the irony of africa is that while its productive population most abroad, no remittances sent home by these people helped to develop a lot of these countries. but life overseas often comes with discrimination and exclusion. that is settling the story of this small island here in the mediterranean. non cypress has recently become a hub for african students. many of them travel here because tuition fees are cheap and a standard of education is comparable to some of the big european institutions. in

austria debate, i travel to left kasha or us, some would call it. nick was caea, to talk to students about some of the challenges they face. india adopt at home. no asi, what this to beats. i needed to remember that not in cyprus, said it facto state, only recognized by turkey. the space of in percent is in la kasha, in the northern part of cyprus. now, over the last 12 years, this part of the island has seen an explosion in universities. many students come here to get education because it's affordable, and the universities are great. but they are challenges. and that is what this conversation is gonna be about today. my name is mike lety and we're going to delve right into the conversation. i'm going to start with brutus. um, talk to me about some of their disadvantages and challenges that you encounter, the issue of rent. the issue of rent actually has been one of the key issue that

many times i've encountered most especially i've been over a year to well if and then i haven't signed a contract. i mean, i mean hold on here and clarify this for us. so he lived in the apartment for about a year, year, and he has a one year more than a year, and you haven't signed a contract. yes. and then all of a sudden, to my other mas abbas few days ago, he met me on the roadside to tell me that there's an increment in the rent. so actually, why why's it does on equipment? there's no notification pine. notice what are you do on a house or making you to carry out the equipment and nothing said to me. so actually, i feel like i've been spluttered. i feel that much last in this part of the word, i'm going to post a general question to you both. you brutus and denise. how is accommodation like

for you? am us international students? when others change as things are seen, him alive is here. and you will find a place that you like. so and you reach out to the agent in that person would sexy and say no african that i have those messages may be hundreds of them in a phone with old on post. stop right there. that's racism right. docile racism sounds like right. definitely settlement. okay. and you what was your experience? yeah. as i gather she was say, you want an apartment, you put it out there, give interest into it. and then to tell you, i don't want black. i don't want black into this apartment. now, this is the experience of the students, but the problems begin even before they get jolla on to the island. and this, there's a peculiar system. i'm that some of the invest is used to recruit students on to this island. emanuel archery is a ph. d student, and he's been researching this and many of the other issues that affect many of the

international students. and so emmanuel explained to us day a gen system used to recruit this am students. i mean basically, um you could say it's a, it's a criminal system to be honest. i'm criminal in the sense that i'm to do a mislead student. in fact, we did a study recently and 50 percent of students. you said they were misled by your agents. typically what was sort of misrepresentation. would they agents give to the students in maxime cases, right arm, they will tell the suden site. you come into cyprus, not specifically the northern part of cyprus or the tyranny, see if you want to refer to either way that is not recognized. and of course you want as a question with technology, how come some students are not aware of this? and the question is something we have paused sometimes to agents because we know this agents as well. some of them are students and they say, well, we contact parents. and so the parents will have time to want, you know, check for this information to contact the parents. the parents are inch of fly

tickets and you know everything with the agents. but of course there's also different kinds of information or this information or misleading information, such as well, if you come year, you can get jobs, you can get scholarships. but the reality is, when the students who come here it is a complete different story, it is a nightmare which cannot be described in words. he can only be experienced capital . i'm gonna push you right there. and then come back to you brutus. when you come in here as a student, ah, did you expect that you are going to be able to do some student job? of course i do sped, that. where were you able to do this? no. her, i'm yet to realize that out these were some of the information given to me by my agent. but since i came, i haven't done anything like a popped on java, shouldn't jar and come to you. facility philosophy is a human rights lawyer. how often do students issues come to your table? yeah, we, we hear about such cases. i especially with our partner institution, voice, cypress, and then in my institution,

human rights platform. im mostly focused on human trafficking cases that international students, especially young african girls, are exposed to. so we see a lot of cases where young african girls are being deceived and recruited here by traffickers and later forced into sex work. and they are locked in private apartments most of the time, and we see that the student resides being abused by the authorities. so they come here with a student visa, but they cannot attend to the westies because the traffic has locked them in private apartments. and basically they have no freedom of movement. and we see that the authorities do not monitor the student. so where are they? what are they doing and might, don't they go to the, in i said, the front law, i have reliable information as well to some of the universities in flip the numbers of active students. so it's so to make it seem as though the majority of the students are actually in class, what's the benefit in inflating the number of students that you have? i mean it's, it's in terms of attractiveness. if you have more students on the are more active

than immense, your university is probably doing something that is good. so it's kind of like a selling point. i think the universities are even perpetrating the system by not regulating the agent at all. in fact, even in college, in this traffic, in the many of the agents dylan i involved because irrespective of all of those, you know, i'm stupid politics. these are your students, they are registered in your universities. you have a fiduciary duty towards the students exactly to point and what responsibility, duties, universities bear. well basically the law is not is absence in that regard. so as a manual highlighted, i agree with him that the major responsibility lies with the my says, but also there is a high responsibility on behalf of the executive body is so the minister is at because they often fail to monitor have this universities operate and they're the ones giving the permission for new ones to be established. and i also want you to sound probably get some advice to young students, especially girls. yeah, i will. i would like to tell everyone to be careful am and the world really good

research before they're being brought here and to get in contact with their university is not to trust on personal agencies, especially the people that they made online. especially 3 instagram for instance. we've seen many fake profiles deceiving young girls, and if they're in trouble, they need to actually access us. i or the police. so i would advise them to contact the human platform. we have a hotline as well. and so they can access to us and we will provide legally, we will be there. all right, great. now denise, would you recommend modern suppose to people who want to come here and study on i will said no because of some of the issues are face year but yes for the level of education. now we obtaining here, our new i want to add up to will, philly's will see a lot of times people just get people from the internet and just pack the bags and come i at sometimes i'm baffled in a way that in this internet a,

somebody can i just research where you go into, even if your parents were the one thou, were counted contact that ever international student inter northside was, has an internet phone. so i think students, i want to come here yet is a good place with some of the best universities around point 3. i research. if you don't have any form of support, i can tell anybody do not come to notice cyprus. so as she said, diori said before you come and also be aware that northern cyprus is different from the republic of cyprus. and thanks also to that incredible panel of young people who decided to share your stories with us. and also realize that the problems that those students fees go beyond what is acceptable if you want to hear some of the initiatives that are

going to make life better for african students, go to our youtube channel. and there you can watch a longer version of this to beat jaron. all of those comments and emotions. i wonder if it's worth making genies such as these. we asked on our facebook page and you on said o march. um, it says that corruption and outside influence makes it very hard for us to create a conducive environment for the youth to see all african countries might have strong leaders like poker guy, me of rwanda and the news. i'm young president huck i india hatch. lemme to be able to move our continent forward and prosper. harry angora says, immigration is a normal phenomenon. others from europe and the u. s. they travel to look for opportunities in africa. so why can't africans travel to these places? and we've got one last one from steph, n e on our facebook page. it says i left the continent 5 years ago,

and i realized that a lot has changed about me. i've learned how to rule of law has been upheld by lead us as citizens to fight crime. i'll encourage young people to take up the challenge by traveling out of the continent to pursue education and training. thank you all for your comments. you can also share yours with us on our facebook page, the w africa. so find is sure we have talk about young africans who want to leave the continent, but there is a growing number who are retention initiatives like honest, your return and back to africa movement encourage africans and das poorer to come home to the continent and contribute to its development francisco who pu, wanted to contribute, that is why after studying in the u. k, she decided to move back home to ghana and see what she created. he, i've had moments where my identity is in personal questions. people don't really know as for you, and i think that's a challenge for other people,

but it can affect you when you're trying to navigate in the world and in people keep putting you boxes and many years francisco. and i'm based in a crowd gonna damn the creative agency and set it up in 2013. and it's the main goal is we need to provide new call locally, source solutions, creative solutions efficiency to arrange of international brand, entering the market. we understand what international brand one and want to achieve on the continent. he positioned ourselves as that bridge between local markets and international agencies. and we need them together so they can enter the african market in a way that really speaks to their brand. and they don't fall into the theme tracks and the same mistakes that they make them. they're just being sometimes competing to death. we have worked with matha, we've worked with algebra,

we've worked with youtube. and recently we've added the nfl to that list. the nfl have over 100 plays in the nfl that african or african descent and, but had never really engaged with the continent in a way that they now want to do. so i went to the u. k. went to 17 and i got into university. and i did so she elegy and politics in university. it was quite a culture shock to be in the u. k. and one of the biggest things to me that was a shock was being called black, which was very odd and growing up in a mixed race household. it wasn't really something that i ever defined myself by. once i finished my masters, i always knew that i was going to go back to i think it was just

a matter of time. and so a summer of trying to get work. i thought i can keep living like this. i had my ticket, i jump on that please come back. december 2011. made my way back to to one of the biggest things is as a business, you know, really have access to credit in the way that other in other countries. credit is sort of set up, so everything is good strapped and everything is you've got to find the cash in some way to make it worse. over the next 10 years, i really one jammed up to cement it's position as that home room agency across the continent. and that knows the, the continent. and that is really guiding brands to enter the market. because ultimately, it's our market and we know you know the things about that and give that inspiration to other agencies to do the same thing. i think for me,

if you're going to move back to the continent, understand why you're coming. be open to what it has to teach you do come with preconceived notions of what it should be or how people should think or how people or how things should be. because it's a different language. you have to learn a different language to get the things that you want. i'm glad that francis is doing wash, laughs, and is successful at it. another person who is successful or what he do aesthetic. what he is an actor model and filmmaker, if you are normally would fun like me, you would know him as are the tiger in their netflix drama. king of boys there were 10 of the king. he says would ask his formula for success. ah, outside of the king of worked with one of the kink was definitely it was a turning point. so before

the, the huge publicity came from clinger boys. most of the challenges that i had were warned people trying to pull you down or to push doubting you because you have to have your da city to do what they don't. my name is to the quincy i'm an outdoor model and producer feel new car or on media personality for my lawful crew. to return a special, i got into modeling for morning, a transition to pollution presenting present since i transitioned to act in the enough though and i went back behind the scene as a producer then back to active. so i would say the human being that transitional

through us was active, shall i surely, because ellison's been met, i met out to the other producer. she was one of the key actors on one of the shows i produce for on one of the biggest what's cool, it's not letting their talks in africa grew bone. and then there were, there were times that i came with it and i acted with heart many of them implant. i miss you all is just b b b n accordion fact because she saw my drive, she knew that i hadn't had a game flag like i was going somewhere with that even canada, i would see 50 would start out of the mind 1st because of those oh, you are chasing it with combs, i promise you will find fashion in with alone. give all it says as far as it

is recruited, these people screw up behind the screen. fine, passion, puzzle will lead you up where you're supposed to be fine, passion, and whatever you do. thanks king for those wise weights. and that advice applies to where i live on the continent or you live abroad the passionate about whatever you do. that said for this week, head us up on facebook, instagram and youtube, if you like, today's sure. also you conducting an e mail at 77 at dw dot com. i leave you with this call in shows june, from black roster and jar amber. he says, and this song, africa belongs to us. let's unite and embrace, own to reflect on the lyrics and until next time. thanks for what a

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