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title: "Fadumo"
description: "“I didn’t know what was wrong. He just disappeared. Then we received a call from the smugglers.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/fadumo"
language: "en"
published: "2016-07-21T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-21T06:18:29Z"
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# Fadumo

Published 21. Jul 2016

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

“I didn’t know what was wrong. He just disappeared. Then we received a call from the smugglers."

"They said they would do whatever they want with the kid. I am really worried; I don’t know if he is alive or not. They are bad human beings. They are forcing people that don’t even have bread on the table to provide thousands of dollars.”

*Fadumo is #MoreThanANumber (Location: Jigjiga, Somali region, Ethiopia)*

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