ijm told us it - get them. ijm told us it taruets get them. ijm told us it targets are _ get them.t them. ijm told us it targets are there so its| get them. ijm told us it - targets are there so its about can be most effective. social workers may independently decide to move children who show clear signs of abuse or neglect even if they are not victims of trafficking. social services told us that they acted upon information they received from the charities and return of the children after their own investigation found they had not been trafficked. after about four months, fatima and the other children were allowed to return home and all criminal charges against their relatives were dropped. back in her village, relatives were dropped. back in hervillage, fatima relatives were dropped. back in her village, fatima discovered her village, fatima discovered her grandfather had died. translation: i her grandfather had died. translation:— her grandfather had died. translation: ., , . , ., translation: i was crying and wondering. _ translation: i was crying and wondering, since _ translat

this raid was part of ijm's efforts _ cry. this raid was part of ijm's efforts to - cry.t child trafficking into the local fishing industry, and known issue in the area. at the rescue missions have been accused of doing more harm than good to the local communities. bbc africa i went there to investigate the allegations, posing as an intern for ijm in ghana, we were given access to one of their platforms. —— africa eye. we found dozens of messages from missions, including the red during which fatima was taken. in this text messages, a lead officerfrom ijm clarifies the understanding prior to the operation. —— misunderstanding. the messages showed that despite the lack of trafficking evidence, ijm continued to support the village rescue and all four children were taken, but why? according to this staff member, ijm is target driven with teams expected to support certain numbers of rescues and arrests by the authorities. here our undercoverjournalist by the authorities. here our undercover journalist speaks to one of the investigators working in the field. ijm told us that it

ghana social services told us they acted upon information they received from ijm and in the future ijm may need to get additional permissions ahead of any rescue operations. you can find the full film the night they came for our children on the bbc africa youtube channel. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. with the guardian, young person at the centre bbc scandal says claims are rubbish. there is anger as tour tickets for taylor swift are resold at a huge profit. front page of the mail, one in six people know who the scandal hit bbc star is, according to the e—mail. the telegraph event ukraine to be offered nato —like protection. that's all from us tonight. goodbye. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. no, sure, that is a no. starkly, there were attempts, but never really formed, ironically, back when nato first formed in 1949, there were calls for an asian version of nato from a number of countries called out for similar reasons, and their concerns were building out in asia, just as it had been in eu

back in september 2022, ijm and the local armed police conducted a night raid here.omen insist they were looking after their own grandchildren when they were taken away by force. translation: i was worried. that they're going to kill the kids. what were they going to do with them? after the raid, the children were taken from their village to a hotel where they were photographed, washed, and fed, and then moved to a shelter. theirfamilies had no information about their whereabouts. 11—year—old fatima is the eldest. can you tell me how you felt when you were taken away from your grandparents? translation: they just| came in and grabbed me. one of the men held a gun to my grandmother's throat as if to shoot her. so i was terrified and i started crying. i thought they were taking us away to kill us. we didn't know where they were taking us. this raid was part of ijm's efforts to combat child trafficking into the local fishing industry, a known issue in the area. but some of the rescue missions have been accused of doing more harm than good to the local communities. the c