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In an interview with the British media Express, an Albanian father says that his son left university and went to Britain to work on a cannabis farm.
Initially, the son lied to him about what he was going to do in Britain.
"I'll probably work in a restaurant because I know English... then we'll see how it goes" , these words I told my father.
It was an important decision. He was giving up the university in Albania, when he had only one year left to graduate from the Economics branch.
"My son never talked about such things, it was not in his intentions. Only when suddenly one day he said he wanted to leave", explains his father in an interview for Express.
A moment having arrived in France, the young man confessed the truth; was crossing the Channel by small boat to work on a cannabis farm in England.
"When I discovered it was too late, it came to me like an earthquake. He told me he needed the job to make money. He told me that if you finish the university here it doesn't make a difference, since you can only work as a waiter" , says the Albanian father with tears in his eyes.
"In Albania, if you want to find a good job, you need recognition, or you have to pay money to get the job. This is how things work because of corruption," says the father.
However, he says that it was not easy for him to accept his son's decision.
"I get scared every time I hear a story from London, that's all I can think of." Some were working in one of these drug farms and suddenly one night some people tried to break in. It was horrible, they were killing them. I have also heard that when the police raid the houses, the workers have to go outside and some sleep on the streets. That's why I told my son all the time that it's not a job for him, but he keeps telling me that he needs some time to make some money" , he continues, as he recounts some of the stories he heard.
The Albanian father confesses that he calls his son every day, while the young man takes care of a large amount of cannabis plants. But the conversation is never easy.
"He tells me that he can't talk to me much on the phone because he doesn't want the neighbors to hear him. He will be silent because of work" , he says.
Like most cannabis farm workers, the young man went to the UK by boat, going into debt with traffickers. But his father says he has paid off the debt. Social networks also had an influence on his father.
"I think it was influenced by social media, or people. It's the influence of his friends because they sent him messages all the time saying come here, work with us and make money," he said.
This concerned parent knows of at least 3-4 cases of other families whose sons, who have not yet turned 18, have traveled to Britain to work on cannabis farms, Express writes.
Knowing that his son is stuck in an illegal job in a faraway land, he fears for his life, all the time.
"I have asked him to return home, because maybe one day he could be killed by those who can get into his house. I keep repeating to him to change the way he sees life and work", concluded his father .
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