Burundi High School Robotics Team Reported Missing In D.C.

[Equinox Moon]

Source: NPR

Washington, D.C., police say that six teenagers from Burundi who competed in an international robotics competition have been reported missing.

Two of the teens — 16-year-old Don Ingabire and 17-year-old Audrey Mwamikazi — were last seen leaving the U.S. into Canada, the Metropolitan Police Department tells The Two-Way, adding that there is "no indication of foul play."

The six-person team participated in the first-ever international high school robotics competition, called the FIRST Global Challenge, which took place earlier this week.

They were reported missing on Tuesday, the same day as the event's closing ceremony.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/20/538306785/burundi-high-school-robotics-team-reported-missing-in-d-c

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Asylum seekers?

[Jim__]

1. I hope this is completely innocent. - n/t

[Sanity Claws]

2. Asylum seeking is my guess too

Interesting how they seem to have Canada, not the USA, for asylum.

[christx30]

4. If it is asylum seeking, I can understand why

they would try Canada. If I was from Iran, I wouldn't try to get asylum in the US with Trump as president. Snowball's chance in hell.

[TheDebbieDee]

6. These kids are smart and know the prevailing attitude swept in

by Trumpers about immigrants... They'll have better luck in Canada!

[Sanity Claws]

8. I agree

Think of the long-term repercussions of that. Those Trumpsters just don't understand that the country is losing out on a lot of talent.

[busterbrown]

3. Young Love?

Stupidity? I hope so.

[Eugene]

5. Two are safe in Canada.

Source: Washington Post

Two of six African teens who went missing from robotics competition are in Canada, D.C. police say

By Peter Hermann, Clarence Williams and Moriah Balingit July 20 at 11:00 AM

Two of the six teenage members of the Burundi robotics team who went missing from Washington this week have crossed into Canada and are safe, D.C. police said on Thursday.

The four others also are believed to be in safe hands, but authorities declined to provide further details. It is the first indication that the teenagers may have left on their own accord.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/six-members-of-african-robotics-team-remain-missing-after-competition/2017/07/20/572682aa-6d4a-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html

[Hortensis]

7. Hope they're all safe with a sponsoring group in Canada,

ready to take on all for them.

[forgotmylogin]

11. Good thing Canada welcomes refugees.

As few as 15-20 years ago, the US would have been the shining beacon they would have run to. Now we're a stepping-stone to freedom in a progressive country.

[Hortensis]

14. Canada has plenty of xenophobes too, and refugees trying to escape

into Canada from the U.S. are being turned back. It's a small country and not exactly loaded with jobs. In fact, most or all provinces have made it harder for U.S. citizens to move there, no more just showing you have $300K or so in assets and can pay your own way. They'll take people with skills they need, and Rump might be able to buy his way in if he needed to get across the border fast, but the door's shut to most plain old Americans.

[forgotmylogin]

15. "You can build robots?"

"In you go!"

[Not Ruth]

9. Will the Afghan girls seek asylum also?

[Sunlei]

10. Escape from Burundi, they are very brave young people!

[lunasun]

12. Ranked 2 nd unhappiest people on scale due to all going on

the attempted coup, protests however continued and over 100,000 people had fled the country by 20 May causing a humanitarian emergency. There are reports of continued and widespread abuses of human rights, including unlawful killings, torture, disappearances, and restrictions on freedom of expression.Wiki
Also they have a minority -Tutsi long under siege also
Hope these great kids get out . Safety to thier families back home who probably told them Go

[MissB]

13. Glad to think that they'll have a good future

Sadly in Canada rather than the US.