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

Buhari fall my hand.

may God continue to bless Rwanda

40kobo77:
Buhari fall my hand.

He is busy reinstating Maina

Nice one from government of rwanda

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!!

Good move by Rwanda. I bet most of them will take the offer.

dustydee:
Good move by Rwanda. I bet most of them will take the offer.

And Rwanda is one of the greatest country in Africa right now ...

TheCongo2:


And Rwanda is one of the greatest country in Africa right now ...

Hard to fault that. Africa has a lot of potential for greatness but the leaders and their followers are not ready for greatness.

TheCongo2:


And Rwanda is one of the greatest country in Africa right now ...

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