Voices from the sea

In my own words:

“Anything they see on a black man’s body, they’ll take – you’re not allowed to have it.”

In my own words:

“They think you’re a dog.”

In my own words:

Five years in hell for Mariam and her family – “I wouldn’t even send my worst enemy to Libya!”

In my own words:

“They were pushing us, they stole everything, they beat us very hard if we didn’t have money.”

In my own words:

“I’m only 17 years old, I want to live!”

In my own words:

“Even to our families we don’t say anything when they call. Not to worry them.”

In my own words:

“We want to leave your country, why do you intercept our boats?”

In my own words:

“I decided that I had lost too much. That I had seen too much.”

Endlich in Sicherheit - Gerettete an Bord der Aquarius

In my own words:

“What we saw in Libya is indescribable. I don’t think anyone understands (…) They treat people worse than animals.”

Junges Paar blickt von Bord der Aquarius auf das Meer

In my own words:

“We have been living like refugees in our own home, our own country.”

In my own words:

“I almost suffocated, it was too cramped on the boat.”

Geretteter geht von Bord der Aquarius an Land

In my own words:

“School is the key to life. That’s what I always told the kids.”