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Jeanusnat, Jeanusnat, Tsos

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Jeanusnat’s father, who was chief of a Nigerian community, was murdered by an enemy community. The murderer intended to kill Jeanusnat and his mother as well, but they fled to neighboring Niger. There, Jeanusnat parted ways with his mother, who stayed at the church with a family, and Jeanusnat crossed into Libya in the back of a truck. But once in Libya, danger persisted. He was confronted by some robbers who stabbed him with a knife and beat him, leaving injuries on his legs and shoulder. In Tripoli, a man offered him temporary refuge, where Jeanusnat stayed until he decided …

Momo, Momo, Tsos

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When Momo was only nine years old, he returned home to find his parents and his six sisters and four brothers had been killed in their own home. Sometime after that, he and his uncle left Somalia together to live in Yemen. He stayed in Yemen until he was sixteen, but when things became unsafe there, he moved to Libya. He had hoped to get on a boat in Libya to go somewhere for a new life, but he was thrown in prison instead. He was harassed and told to ask his family to send money so that he could …

The Termination Of Parental Rights, D. Janell Pugh

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

This paper defines what the law requires as grounds for the termination of parental rights. The state may decide it is in the child's best interest to terminate the rights of a parent of parents. In cases where abuse or neglect occurs and the child is in immediate danger, the child is removed from the home and placed in foster care.

If and when home situation is safe, the child is reunited with the family. When this cycle occurs again and again, and the children are repeatedly removed and reunited with their families, or in extreme cases of abuse, neglect, …