Harrowing tales of Migrants desperate to reach Europe from Libya // SAY IT LIKE IT IS – Ep 54
Harrowing tales of Migrants desperate to reach Europe from Libya // SAY IT LIKE IT IS – Ep 54
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“We almost died,” recounts one Nigeria-born woman, trapped in a Libyan migrant camp after a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
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EL Nima Bagir of CNN did a documentary on this, she came to Nigeria and followed the trail from Benin to Libya to Europe. It's a sad story, our young men were kept in iron cages while detained in Libya, the Federal government worked with the International organisation for migration IOM to fly them back from Libya. If anyone can spend thousands of dollars to pay smugglers for this trip, it would have been better to use that money to start a small business back home. The Nigerian government has been bringing some of them home, we must bear in mind that some of them borrowed the thousands of dollars from loan sharks and do not know how to face them, secondly,the shame they will face upon returning empty handed. The Edo state government has been campaigning against sex trafficking but no matter what they do, people will still go because they see others who have gone building houses back home , they think it is easy. Family members will be comparing them to others who have gone abroad and built houses without realising the 'story' behind the houses. A of Nigerians are gullible when it comes to religion, politics and quick wealth.
You have another category who are educated and desperate to live abroad. I had a friend who in 2000 was desperate to live abroad, he is a chartered accountant with an MBA. He said someone arranged a US visa for him, he sold everything he had and left despite our warnings. 2 months later, he called that he was back in Nigeria and wanted too see me. Lol and behold,his story unfolded. He said at the passport control in counter in Lagos, the immigration officer looked at his visa curiously and started asking questions but another officer jumped in amd said 'he was alhaja's candidate' ,he boarded his flight and on arriving in the US, it was discovered that his visa was counterfeit! I asked him how he got the visa,he said he paid N900k for the visa,he didn't appear at the embassy. The US immigration gave him 2 options, to be arrested, prosecuted and jailed in the US or board the next available flight back to Lagos. He opted to return home. He was lucky that back in 2000,things were a lot better but he had to start from the scratch again at age 40.
Phankleen my brother, you are 100% on your analysis of the ever-growing problem of lots of Africans dying in Sahara desert of thirst sometimes due the the traffickers pick up vehicles breaking down on the way from Niger to Libya a lot of times with many migrants especially from West African countries on board these desert crossing vehicles. Also many migrants die in the desert having fallen from the pick up hilux vehicles, whose drivers don't stop when a passenger accidentally falls from the vehicle. The migrants who are lucky to survive the terrible experience in the desert are substantially faced with part two of the travelling ordeal ie some of them are kidnapped by kidnapping gangs in Libya and are tortured and made to call their families in Africa or Nigeria to send money in order to secure their release which could run into thousands. Also if they are unable to get money from these migrants, the Libya kidnapping gangsters sell onto other gangs for money or make them work in farms and fields for free. The ladies among them are sometimes raped or made to do prostitution. Finally, the migrants who survive the first two ordeals ie the desert and in-humane treatment in Libya, now face the final ordeal, the most risky of all ie crossing the huge Mediterranean Sea with little balloon boats. This is where majority of migrants loose their lives from these little boats capsizing in middle of the Sea, or the boat developing a puncture with disastrous consequences, running out of fuel or the sea navigation compass developing a fault resulting been lost at sea. All these result in deaths at sea. The lucky ones ones get rescued at sea by the Italian or other European vessels. The main problem like you said is that many people are lied in Africa on how easy the route is from Africa to Libya, then Italy. Only when they embark on the trip do they realise their mistakes. You made this video in 2019. Unfortunately 5 years later, migrants are still dying in the Mediterranean
What the hell! That Tripoli ordeal was indeed a harrowing one 😳. I'm glad you made it out alive. Wow! I only had one stopover in casablanca and it was was bad experience. I'll never stopover all of North Africa ever again. Air Maroc won't entice me with their 45kg baggage allowance. Keep it!
You are right phrankleen people are easily bought over
Anybody with his right mind can he or she go to Libya or Somali no matter what? You must be so desperate and mentally ill to do so.
Hi, this is terrible. I also watched a documentary, one Nigerian man lost his eye in a libyan camp and was understandably terrified. He said, they hardly got food ( dry bread) and water . It seems the world has gone crazy. Greetings Conny
The news media channels in Nigeria are the worst. They contributes to destroys Nigeria by doing nothing. They Only share the news that favors the government. They won’t reports the killings and other hate crimes in Nigeria
You have a muslim government. They are facilitating the slave trade themselves that's why this situation is much worse since the current president of naija got the position.
My dear brother this is a serious issue. If I will share this video not to my African families. A cousin told me she was trying to cross the sea to Europe when I advised her with these same issues she told me she does not Have a choice. Mostly our Ghanaians people are saying those of us abroad don't want them to join us. I once told my sister nobody can deny you entry in to the States or Europe if you have your Visa. I told her she should try the right way. Some ghananains have these funny songs that we don't want them to join us. I laugh when ever I hear it. But I pray every day that all those who want to come should get the chance to so they can also tell to their story. They think we are living in heaven. They do not know the kind of jobs we are doing. Most of us don't like it but if you don't do it how could you survive with your kids. The asantes will say eye asem ooo
A neighbor in Africa told me he would rather die trying to cross the ocean to Europe than starve in Africa. One also said her brave son did well by crossing the sea to italy. The other son is a coward. But she does not think he could not be lucky and get drowned in the Sea. I couldn't believe my ears when she said that. I couldn't convince her since one son succedded.
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Thanks Phrankleen… You got me startled for your encounter !!! Jezzz
I just checked the status from our government… and yep.. they tell us, do not travel there.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Libya.html
Jacob's trouble…😢😢😢😢🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
As a black person you should Never buy a cheap airline ticket with a stop over in any arab country..You will be subjected to mistreatment.True story.
I've said it before and I will say it again. Nigerian govt. are like dead-beat baby daddies. they simply don't care.
The self hate amongst africans is really deep rooted and something that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. It is soo sad how africans genuinely hate being in Africa. They are willing to do anything to move to Europe at any cost even if it means them going out there and doing degrading jobs so long as they are in Europe or the West they are happy. It genuinely breaks my heart how there is no love for the continent. Every African that you speak to wants a way out of Africa into Europe and you always hear them say stuff like Africa is unliveable. I genuinely think the reason why Africa has not developed or improved is not solely based on leadership. I think we as africans are the problem, none of us loves or wants to genuinely be in Africa. Hence, why none of us are willing to work towards making a difference. The West know this about us and our leaders also know we do not care about our continent nor do we care about being in Africa and they have used this to their advantage. There is definitely a reason behind this hate because it is unnatural for a group of people to hate their continent so much so they are willing to die instead of being in Africa. That is way too deep and something that is really heartbreaking. You can not be called a pan-africanist, if you are willing to live like a salve in Europe just to be out of Africa. I mean it is embarrassing to say the least. Did you watch the Netflix documentary and read the report by IOM about how young africans from Nigeria are even signing oaths with voodoo doctors and selling their destinies and life away so all these explicators can pay their journeys to Europe to be prostitutes. I mean that is beyond a mental issue. it is crippling our continent and action needs to be taken as soon as possible.
I love when he said: "Take several seats and lean back"…..lol
God will bless you good talk those who have the voice to speak out . like Our nigerians celebrities don't talk about the things that are going on in the country they're there running after politicians what a shame nigerian. .bless you.
African leader have sold African people. The education system business African has no plans to help African. Africa has become prostitutes to other countries. Everyone has benefits from Africa accept Africa people.if Africa does not get build up in the next 100 years , I think African people will died off because when people get abuse for so long this is sad.
Dear Franklin, thanks for this… My jaw was under the floor when I heard your Dec 2010 experience! However, you forgot to add that many of those trapped have their organ harvested and sold in Europe. This organ business is so profitable that even Europe does not want this racketeering to stop! Africa's solution lies with her- I live in Germany, and I can say this again and again! Cheers!
I will never and don't feel safe but would love to visit Africa, however, I cannot trust Africa or it's leaders due to the European controlling them.
I will share the video even though I know they will never listen. It is not correct to think they are ignorant of what they are getting into, they know 100 %. I have a cousin who was rescued by the parents during the Libya war after the parents paid the war lords to bring him back, long story short, he has gone back…… When we tell them the truth, they simply say we don't mean well for them after we are enjoying life abroad.
Sending Greetings to you
Wow, thank you
Hi Frank, this is my pain; there was a time most of these guys trapped in Libya were rescued to Nigeria by the Government and some of the guys repeatedly stated that they will do anything in their power to return to Libya as they preferred to stay in Libya rather than Nigeria. With their statement, I Was so dumbfounded!