Mohammed Sharif is 26 years old. He is a taxi driver in Bangledesh. Lured under the impression that he was going to Malaysia to make 5 times the amount of money that he was currently making he agreed to pay over 1000 US dollars to be taken there. So that he could better support his 3 kids, widowed mother and 3 younger siblings. On the boat, Mohammed along with 100 others were shoved down into the hold and only feed dried rice with water once a day. After 4 weeks (the trip that was only supposed to last 3 days) the patrol came and arrested everyone on the boat. They all ended up in jail and when the captives were released, if you could call it that, they were placed on a boat without paddles, food or water and told to go home. They were arrested again later and told that they needed to to raise $1185 for bail. Mohammed's family sold their land and other valuables and were able to make his bail. He now owes his family over $1,500 and thinks that it will take him over 80 years to pay back.
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