Eritrean migrants risk detentions and beatings in Libya for a life in Europe
Poverty, war and oppression at home as much as collapse of government authority in Tripoli has turned Libya into a conduit for exodus. A boat overcrowded with migrants travelling from Libya drifts in the Mediterranean sea
Poverty, war and oppression at home as much as collapse of government authority in Tripoli has turned Libya into a conduit for exodus.
A boat overcrowded with migrants travelling from Libya drifts in the Mediterranean sea before a rescue operation by the Italian navy in June. Photograph: AP
The migrant had been inside the wire of the Libyan detention centre for just 10 minutes when the beatings began. Picked up by police in Tripoli he knew that, without money or papers, and from Eritrea, he was at the bottom of the pecking order.
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Wadiya August 3, 2014
The Imperialist west and their news agencies always give our great Arab way of life a bad name. Our way is peaceful, fair and just. We were just turning the corner and within few steps of the land with the rivers of milk and honey flowing and 72 black eyed virgins for each of the Jihadists awaiting, then the Imperialist West arrived.
They should know that we are very strong and the most intelligent people on earth even though most of us never went to school and herded camels in our beloved bounty fertile oily desert.
They should know that we will create heaven as we did in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Libya will soon be heaven of a just society like Somalia and Iraq.
Our Eritrean Arab brothers need to learn a lot from Libyans. Our way is the only proven way to heaven and civilization.
al Wadiyan, the master to be
Tamrat Tamrat August 3, 2014
The following is for the beautifull Young eritrean girl who selflessly think of her two sisters who are at the two ends of their Journey. Whe i see the boat on this blue water, i just simpley think of her.
warning i am horrible when it comes to poems.
ቅርቤ አንደኛ ደረጃ ሁለተኛ እሩቅ፣
ልቤ በፍርሃት ጭንቅ ከቤት ብዙ ስርቅ።
ትንሽዋ እህቴ ከሁዋላ ቀረች
ትልቅዋ አውሮፓ ደርሳለች
ወደፈጣሪ ሳንጋጥጥ ሰማያዊ ሰማይ፣
መቃብሬን ሳይ በውሃ የተሞላ ሰማይ።
መኣቱ እንደዝናብ ቢወርድብኝም፣
እነዛ መጥፎ ሰዎች ቢጫወቱብኝም፣
የጥፋተኛ ስሜቴን ማስወገድ አልቻልኩም።
ምንድነው ያጠፋሁት፣
ከማዬ መራቄ ወይነስ ካባቴ፣
በመለየቴ ይሆን ከትንሽዋ እህቴ።
አምላኬ እርዳኝ የኔ ጥፋት አይደለም፣
የደረሰብኝ ቅጣት እድሜዬን አይመጥንም።
ባለወግ ባለማእረግ የነበርኩ ግዜማ፣
የትምህርት ቤቴ መራቅ እንደ ጉድ ተሰማ።
ካለእድሜዬ በቶሎ አድጌ፣
በሳዋ፣ በትግራይ፣ በሱዳን አድርጌ
የራሴን ቀይ ባህር ወደ ጎን ትቼ
የኸው አነባለሁ በሰማይ ተዘግቼ።
true lies August 4, 2014
excellent poem.