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A few months after Grace Ngo flew into Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus from her native Cameroon, she decided to head âfor the westâ. Smugglers pointed the student in the direction of the Venetian walls that cut through the heart of Nicosia, Europeâs last divided capital.
A little before midnight on 24 May,
Ngo leapt from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot republic into what she hoped would be the war-divided islandâs internationally recognised Greek south.
âI just said âGod protect me,ââ the 24-year-old recalled, describing the jump that instead landed her in the UN-patrolled buffer zone, where she has been stranded ever since. âThe walls were so high. I hurt my leg quite badly but I was desperate for the west.â
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