Lack of jobs in India drove migrants on to boat for New Zealand, say relatives


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  • Friday, 25 Jan 2019

Kanak Lingam, who claims his son was travelling on the boat which was illegally heading to New Zealand, and Sugana, mother of Prabhu Dhandapani who was detained by police on the suspicion of sending people on the same boat, speak at a park in a residential area in New Delhi, India, January 23, 2019. Picture taken January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - In a dark alleyway no wider than arms' length, a single ladies' shoe is all that remains on the boarded-up doorstep of Prabhu Dhandapani, his wife and their eight-year-old daughter.

Prabhu, 30, was one of around 50 residents of a refugee community in New Delhi who left the capital to attempt an 7,000-mile boat journey through some of the roughest waters in the world with the aim of landing illegally in New Zealand, relatives and police said.

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