Sentence examples for vulnerable kidnapping from inspiring English sources

From there, Solomon caught a bus north, passing through New Halfa, a route that risked fake checkpoints manned by bandits who, Solomon said, were keen on Eritreans because they were vulnerable kidnapping targets.

Migrants crossing through Mexico have long been vulnerable to kidnapping because they are fearful of going to the authorities.

The Mali intervention has raised the stakes, he said, at home and abroad, where French tourists and workers are more vulnerable to kidnapping.

The reports of an abduction raise fresh fears that despite an improvement in security in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq, foreigners working here are still vulnerable to kidnapping.

Those who had seized their freedom by running away became more vulnerable to kidnapping and enslavement.

These animals are extremely high-strung, and are vulnerable to kidnap by agents of foreign powers.

Some are afraid to return because they have children of an age vulnerable to kidnap.

A typical example, drawn from the experiences of young asylum seekers I have worked with, might be a 15-year-old Eritrean boy who arrives in the UK after making the harrowing journey across the Libyan desert (now a battle zone between rival militias where migrants are increasing vulnerable to kidnap and extortion).

The fear among Iraqiya officials in Mosul is not unusual in Iraq, where anyone in a position of influence is vulnerable to threats, kidnapping and worse.

As migration routes have become more perilous under heightened border security, smuggling operations have been consolidated under the aegis of organized crime, and opportunists have turned robbing and kidnapping vulnerable migrants into big business.

Lawlessness in rebel-controlled zones has lead to armed bandits attacking vulnerable communities and kidnapping for ransom.