It was a short but fierce session in the ‘ant process’ at the National Airport of Nairobi. The courtroom was full, the atmosphere was tense, dark rain clouds loomed above the Kenyan capital. The two Flemish teenagers, SL (18) and DL (18), went to their fate. The judge in the smuggling case soon made her plan known: “I’m not going to make drastic decisions here.” This was the case in the court of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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