
Trekking Through Hell to Flee From al-Shabab
Said, a young Somalian man, left his home in 2015 to escape recruitment by jihadist group al-Shabab. After journeying for nearly a year — during which he was tortured in a Libyan slave camp, saw many of his fellow travellers die, and crossed the Mediterranean in a rubber boat — he finally made it to Belgium. This is his story.
Rescued male migrants are brought to southern Italian ports, 28 June 2015; LE Eithne Operations 28 June 2015.