Government sponsors the return of Cameroonian migrants from Libya, and promises to take care of them
From the moment they landed at the Douala International Airport from Libya and Algeria, the 18 young Cameroonian migrants who returned to the country as part of a government-sponsored return campaign expressed joy at returning home, after months for some and years for others.
Today, Wednesday's edition of Cameroon Tribune reveals stories of Yacouba Njikam, 32, and Abdoul Wahabou, 21, two of the returnees, who narrate the misery they lived in these border countries to try to access Europe. Abdoul, a young boy, walked several kilometers in the desert from one city to another. Many of their companions stayed in the desert for lack of energy to continue.
"I spent one year three months out of the country. We went through Nigeria, Niger. Arrived at the border with Algeria, my misery began. I was abandoned in the desert. I was with a lady who died because of lack of water and left me with her one-year-old baby in her arms," -he says. Meanwhile Yacouba, reveals how he went to prison several times and tried to cross the Mediterranean twice.
"I was imprisoned in Libya. The prisons are overcrowded. Three Cameroonians died before my eyes. I escaped and traveled for miles in the desert, a real pain."
The governor of the Littoral region, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua, welcomed them yesterday, November 28, 2017 in the middle of the afternoon at the airport, and listened to the different stories.
"The Head of State, President Paul Biya, asked that we take care of you. You will be supported on all plans for free. He gave firm instructions for everything to be done. You must remember that every Cameroonian is valuable to the Head of State. The walk is over for you,"-said the governor to the group consisting mainly of young men.
According to Cameroon Tribune, after this message of comfort from the authorities of the Littoral region, the now-old migrants sang the national anthem of Cameroon in chorus. The migrants did not forget to thank the International Organization of Migrants (IOM) who contributed effectively to their care in Niamey in Niger, before their return to their native country.
Today, Wednesday's edition of Cameroon Tribune reveals stories of Yacouba Njikam, 32, and Abdoul Wahabou, 21, two of the returnees, who narrate the misery they lived in these border countries to try to access Europe. Abdoul, a young boy, walked several kilometers in the desert from one city to another. Many of their companions stayed in the desert for lack of energy to continue.
"I spent one year three months out of the country. We went through Nigeria, Niger. Arrived at the border with Algeria, my misery began. I was abandoned in the desert. I was with a lady who died because of lack of water and left me with her one-year-old baby in her arms," -he says. Meanwhile Yacouba, reveals how he went to prison several times and tried to cross the Mediterranean twice.
"I was imprisoned in Libya. The prisons are overcrowded. Three Cameroonians died before my eyes. I escaped and traveled for miles in the desert, a real pain."
The governor of the Littoral region, Samuel Dieudonné Ivaha Diboua, welcomed them yesterday, November 28, 2017 in the middle of the afternoon at the airport, and listened to the different stories.
"The Head of State, President Paul Biya, asked that we take care of you. You will be supported on all plans for free. He gave firm instructions for everything to be done. You must remember that every Cameroonian is valuable to the Head of State. The walk is over for you,"-said the governor to the group consisting mainly of young men.
According to Cameroon Tribune, after this message of comfort from the authorities of the Littoral region, the now-old migrants sang the national anthem of Cameroon in chorus. The migrants did not forget to thank the International Organization of Migrants (IOM) who contributed effectively to their care in Niamey in Niger, before their return to their native country.
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