Information on Safe Migration
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revealing her personal potential, professionally
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revealing her personal potential, professionally
assisting in the realization of civil and social rights
I really want to go abroad.
The "hotline" receives calls and letters not only with questions about safe travel and stay abroad, 8-801-201-5555, 113 from the PA "Club of Business Women". Sometimes there are people on the other side of the line who are frightened and confused, and do not know what to do to change the current situation. They need, first of all, psychological help. The other day, the hotline received a call from a woman with an unusual request: to reason her niece Irina. The request is not ordinary. But our consultants do not ignore such appeals.
Irina grew up as a child, about whom they usually say: "a good girl." She did well at school, got along with her peers, and did not conflict with her mother. The mother raised the girl alone. She devoted all her efforts to raising her daughter, finding meaning and relief in her daughter. But one day the mother was no more. Irina was only nine years old. Her aunt took over the upbringing of the girl. Since the age of nine, the older sister of the girl's mother took custody of the teenager.
Now Irina is 20 years old. The aunt has become more than just a relative who took on responsibility. She has become a person who has replaced many people in the life of now not just a girl, but a mature young woman.
Irina, like many girls her age, dreams of traveling, interesting acquaintances, and that something truly bright will happen in her life. The girl graduated from the State Educational Institution "Minsk City Pedagogical College" and managed to work as a kindergarten teacher for some time.
Recently, the girl met a 50-year-old man from Germany on the Internet. They had a trusting dialogue, in which Edgar (the name of the internet friend) offered Irina some part-time work. The thing is that the man is going to Turkey for a month soon. He is not going alone, but with his three-year-old son. The man offered the girl to be his son's governess, promising a high salary (1000 dollars). The girl is offered to live in a separate room with the child. Edgar took care of food and accommodation expenses. Irina's task is to be with the child around the clock.
The girl found the idea tempting, despite the unusualness of the situation. Everything would be fine, but Irina has never traveled abroad. The aunt is concerned about this situation, trying in every possible way to protect the girl from a rash act.
Because of misunderstanding, the girl has withdrawn. She has firmly decided to fly, despite all her aunt's persuasion. The woman (Irina's aunt) asks the hotline employees to stop Irina.
But as practice shows, girls who decide to leave — do leave. The main task of the aunt is not to aggravate the situation. It's difficult to impose your ideas on a twenty-year-old girl if they clash with her vision of reality. Helping the girl not to make mistakes means establishing a trusting contact with her. To let her understand: no matter what the outcome, she will not be judged and will not be met with the cutting phrase «I told you so…».
Now it's important to find out exactly where the girl is going, which hotel, to get a promise to report her locations, to stay in touch. Even if the declared scenario works: the girl is really well received, provided with all the conditions, Irina is going to Turkey on a visa-free regime (it's just tourism!). Accordingly, the girl has no right to work in Turkey. There is a risk that she will not be paid, and there is no one to complain to about such an outcome. Also, for illegal employment, the girl can be deported from the country, not to mention more serious consequences: coercion to provide sexual services by the child's father.
We hoped that Irina would call the hotline herself before leaving. And that's what happened. The girl called the hotline operators, assuring them that such an opportunity comes once in a lifetime. She has never been to the sea, plus, they promise to pay her well.
Our consultants did not try to dissuade Irina. Their task is to inform about the rules of safe travel and stay abroad, in our case — in Turkey. More details can be found on our website.
The hotline staff did not impose the idea on the girl that she should stay at home, but did everything possible to make Irina understand that all responsibility lies with her.
If you have any questions, call the hotline daily from 8:00 to 20:00:
8-801-201-5555, for calls within the Republic of Belarus, from landline phones of mobile operators A1, MTC, life:) the call is free
+375162218888, for calls from abroad and within the Republic of Belarus — payment according to long-distance tariffs
113, free code-free calls from landline phones in the Republic of Belarus.
