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Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by AbiolaFawole(m): 8:48am On Nov 24, 2017 |
Kigali - Rwanda is willing to provide refuge to as many as 30 000 African migrants suffering abuse and slave-like conditions in Libya, the foreign minister told AFP Wednesday. "Rwanda is currently under discussions... to see how we can help in welcoming migrants held captive in Libya," said Louise Mushikiwabo. "It has just been decided so numbers and means are still under discussion but Rwanda estimates the number to be welcomed around 30,000," she said, adding that this figure "is not confirmed yet but an estimation". The African Union (AU) added its voice to the outrage that greeted footage last week of African migrants being auctioned at a "slave market" in Libya, and on Tuesday AU Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat called on African countries to help. "I appeal to all member states of the African Union, the African private sector and African citizens to make financial contributions to help alleviate the suffering of African migrants in Libya," Faki said Tuesday. "I urge member states that have logistical means to make them available to facilitate the evacuation of African migrants who wish to leave Libya." Earlier on Wednesday Mushikiwabo tweeted in response: "For Africans being sold in Libya: Rwanda is small, but we will find some space!" Mushikiwabo told AFP that, "Rwanda, like the rest of the world, was horrified by the images of the tragedy currently unfolding in Libya, where African men, women and children who were on the road to exile, have been held and turned into slaves". Political philosophy "Given Rwanda's political philosophy and our own history, we cannot remain silent when human beings are being mistreated and auctioned off like cattle," she said referring to the 1994 genocide in which around 800 000 mostly Tutsi people were killed while the outside world looked on. Rwanda is a tiny country, roughly the size of Macedonia, with a population of nearly 12 million and Mushikiwabo acknowledged that her nation, "may not be able to welcome everyone, but our door is wide open," she said. Rwanda's offer follows the release of CNN footage of a live auction in Libya where black youths are presented to north African buyers as potential farmhands and sold off for as little as $400. African migrants, mostly from the west and Horn of Africa make the dangerous journey to Libya with hopes of making it across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Testimony collected by AFP in recent years has revealed a litany of rights abuses at the hands of gangmasters, human traffickers and the Libyan security forces, while many end up stuck in the unstable north African nation for years. More than 8 800 stranded migrants have been returned home this year, according to the International Organisation for Migration, which is also amassing evidence of slavery. https://m.news24.com//Africa/News/rwanda-offers-to-take-in-africans-abused-in-libya-20171123
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Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by 40kobo77: 8:48am On Nov 24, 2017 |
Buhari fall my hand. |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by AbiolaFawole(m): 8:52am On Nov 24, 2017 |
may God continue to bless Rwanda |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by Nobody: 8:53am On Nov 24, 2017 |
40kobo77:He is busy reinstating Maina |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by Nobody: 9:05am On Nov 24, 2017 |
Nice one from government of rwanda |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by adadike281(f): 9:15am On Nov 24, 2017 |
God bless Rwanda! My fellow Nigerians seeking for greener pasture in obodo oyibo through d desert abi na back door, pls ,pls , I beg u, get that idea off your head, let's continue to manage Buhari, one day e go better! and if things are extremely difficult, pls don't hesitate to ask for help. kai Libya!! 1 Like |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by dustydee: 2:44pm On Nov 24, 2017 |
Good move by Rwanda. I bet most of them will take the offer. |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by TheCongo2: 2:49pm On Nov 24, 2017 |
dustydee: And Rwanda is one of the greatest country in Africa right now ... |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by dustydee: 2:51pm On Nov 24, 2017 |
TheCongo2:Hard to fault that. Africa has a lot of potential for greatness but the leaders and their followers are not ready for greatness. |
Re: Rwanda Offers To Take In 30,000 West African Refugees Abused In Libya by AngelicBeing: 2:52pm On Nov 24, 2017 |
TheCongo2:Exactly, very clean city, and a good business hub, ease of setting up business and they are very accommodating, they also have pretty daughters of Eve |
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