Ali’s Story - “I am exploited, sometimes even by those who claim to be my friends”
Sudanese to enter Libya. They said that payment was to enter Libyan territory, not to enter the capital.
me. It took me 6 months to get to Libya again. I was in the desert for 8 days searching, until the human traffickers brought me to a group of people. I remember we were Sudanese, Somalis, Eritreans in the group. We started our journey together, we were delayed for 7 days to reach Libya, in total we travelled 15 days in the wilderness. It was difficult in the desert, they gave us only two glasses of water for 24 hours and we ate very little food. When we arrive Libya, the Sudanese traffickers turned us over into the hands of the Libyan traffickers. They told us to give them money, but I told them that I had already paid the
I had no money and was told to stay apart from the group. We were asked to pay every time we reached a new place. To go to the capital, the Libyan traffickers were paid $250, in Benghazi $150 and another town on the border with Sudan, another $50. Those who had money paid and left. Those of us who had no money were left behind in the desert overnight. I remember that in 20 hours, they forced us to walk and run until noon the next day. It was about 100 km to reach the city. We were very tired and dirty, our feet were swollen, covered with sores. Some Sudanese saw us and gave us their solidarity by offering
An interview with Alhadi Ali Mohammad, a migrant from Sudan by Diana Cruz, SCM Colombia* First of all my history is very long and complicated, but I will try to summarize. My name is Alhadi Ali Mohammad and I come from Sudan. I came to Italy about 8 years ago. I did my studies in my country, but in Italy, they do not recognize the degree I obtained. In Sudan, I studied Arabic, the language spoken only in my family, so when I came to this country, I studied Italian and enrolled in school to finish my studies. Now I am enrolled at the University of Turin in the Economics Faculty. I am a migrant. I still remember when I left Sudan traveling through the desert to reach Libya. There I stayed for a long time, I was 16 years old then. I had to return to my house, where I spent a month. My country was at war and I decided to run away again because as a young man, I had to perform compulsory military service, they were looking for
Alhadi Ali Mohammad
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