News reports over the years have brought to light the plight that many albinos in African have experienced at the hands of the superstitious and witch doctors. They have been killed and dismembered so that parts of their bodies can be used in rituals. One man in Mali said that he was almost kidnapped twice and that is why he escaped to Spain to get asylum. According to the article on the BBC News web site, the process of gaining asylum usually take 2 years , but his was done in 2 years. The man also says that he would like to one day bring his albino brothers to Spain so that they can be safe.
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