After a dinner of vegetables and cookies, Prince, a 14-year-old from Nigeria who did not wish to use his real name, went for a walk in the beach town where he lived and overheard three men talking about their plans to leave for Europe as stowaways on a huge fuel tanker from the nearby port of Lagos. Within seconds, this slight teenager made the most important decision of his life: to join them. He boarded the
Ocean Princess I and climbed up to the small compartment over the tankerâs rudder â a tiny space of about two square meters. He thought the journey would take a few hours, but it was 15 days before he reached Spainâs Canary Islands. Without food or anything but saltwater to drink.
El niño que viajó a Canarias en la pala del timón de un mercante: Al cuarto día solo pensaba en un plato de arroz | España elpais.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from elpais.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.