King Minos ordered the inventor Daedalus, and his son, Icarus, to build a huge maze known as the Labyrinth to house The Minotaur, a monster, half man, half bull.

The King then demanded that Athens pay a tribute of seven girls and seven boys every nine years.  These tributes would then be sent into the Labyrinth for the Minotaur to devour.

Losing one’s child is a terrible thing. For a child to lose his parents, his safety, likewise. 

Thousands of children have been sent away to a foreign country, to an unknown future.