In this BBC article, Sanchia Berg and Tara Mewawalla tell the story of Lucy, a child whose identity as at 26 April this year, was not known.

The child, according to the article, “seems to have been born in rural Nigeria in September 2022, and given to an orphanage when she was just three days old.”

She has been in social care in Manchester since her “parents” were apprehended by Border Force. She is in her 3rd foster home since arriving in the UK.

Raphael Ossai claimed to be the Lucy’s father, and Oluwakemi Olasanoye, the girl’s mother.

“The court heard that on 20 June 2023, Ossai and Olasanoye unlawfully brought Lucy to the UK from Lagos, via Addis Ababa. Olasanoye had a visa to work in the UK and agreed to travel with Ossai and Lucy…In this BBC article, Sanchia Berg and Tara Mewawalla tell the story of Lucy, a child whose identity as at 26 April this year, was not known.

The child, according to the article, “seems to have been born in rural Nigeria in September 2022, and given to an orphanage when she was just three days old.”

She has been in social care in Manchester since her “parents” were apprehended by Border Force. She is in her 3rd foster home since arriving in the UK.

Raphael Ossai claimed to be the Lucy’s father, and Oluwakemi Olasanoye, the girl’s mother.

“The court heard that on 20 June 2023, Ossai and Olasanoye unlawfully brought Lucy to the UK from Lagos, via Addis Ababa. Olasanoye had a visa to work in the UK and agreed to travel with Ossai and Lucy… Ossai and Olasanoye, pleaded guilty to immigration offences and were sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by deportation.”