Every year a number of pregnant women flee from the UK to stop babies being taken into care. Are they at risk of exploitation?
But a few years had elapsed before she became pregnant with her third child, and this one she thought she might be allowed to keep.
So when Zara was invited by a British woman in one of the Facebook groups to stay with her in France, outside UK jurisdiction, she seized the chance.Within four hours, Zara was in London taking her seat on a Eurostar train. She only had a small bag. She'd packed things for her baby, stuffed in enough underwear to last a week and found space for one change of clothes."I didn't understand what I was doing, it was robotic. Pack, book my ticket, check, double check.
He said he would reimburse Zara's travel costs; if she showed him proof of social services involvement, travel receipts and evidence of her pregnancy, the money would be transferred once she was in France. There was one small bedroom with a bunk bed. That was occupied by another heavily pregnant young British woman called Kelly. On the journey from the station, Zara had been told she was"lazy" and"always needed to be shouted at".
"I didn't even look back when I got out of the house. I found a rundown petrol station and I hid behind the pumps," she says.
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