Mother of lone baby on African toy boat traced
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 @ 1:40 PM
THE mother of a 10-month-old baby who travelled to Spain alone on a toy boat from Morocco has been traced.
She and the infant's father reportedly became involved in a confrontation with border police on the coast of Tangiers, north Morocco, and failed to catch the boat their daughter had already been placed on.
The baby was taken in by Red Cross volunteers who were attending to the literally hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans who had flooded into the shores of the province of Cádiz that night.
They said the little girl, who was provisionally named Princesa (Spanish for Princess) was suffering from mild hypothermia and was very tired, hungry and thirsty.
She drank two full baby-bottles of milk immediately after waking up.
Although lone children who make the dangerous crossing in an attempt to enter Europe via the 'back door' are normally held in a young person's shelter, Princesa was placed with a foster family to ensure she was given the maximum level of care and attention whilst authorities tried to trace her family.
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