Chai! Na wetin we go talk for this matter wey don happen again? Wetin happen for Libya no just dey sweet at all. I just hear say one rubber boat wey carry 55 people, including two small pikin, don capsize. This one na sharp news from UN migration agency wey dem call IOM.
Na only two Nigerian women survive as dem rescue dem from water wey don full ground. Dem waka out of the water on Friday, and the gist no be small oh. One of the survivors cry say she don lose her husband, while another one talk say both her pikin don follow water waka.
Na so e be, as the boat wey launch from al-Zawiya, wey dey for north-west Libya, don dey travel for around six hours before water jam am, and everything turn upside down around Zuwara. Dem talk say since January, almost 500 migrants don report dead or missing from this same Mediterranean Sea wey dey swallow people like say na fish. Dis water no dey pity anybody.
Libya don turn hot spot for people wey wan escape the wahala for their countries come Europe since Gaddafi no dey again. Na so dem dey risk their life, enter rubber dinghies wey no get hope. E don too much, my people!
IOM don talk say this na just one of the multiple shipwrecks wey dey happen, and na during winter wahala, dey face several ‘invisible’ tragedies. Dem dey call for better international cooperation make we fit handle these smuggling and trafficking networks wey dey profit from wetin dey happen.
Every time waka dey happen, the migrants dey exposed to torture, trafficking, and all kinds of wahala from both government and militia gangs wey no get any mercy. IOM talk say dem dey appeal say make country leaders fix better ways for migrants make dem no go dey risk their lives on water wey dem no sure say go carry dem anywhere.
Two Nigerians don survive, but many don dey lost. With the no die-no-joke situation for the Mediterranean, IOM and other organizations don put eye for the serious matter. Dem don dey fight for more safe and legal pathways to save lives, but we still dey see wetin dey happen.
The cry wey dey go on for Libya no be for small children; as dem dey hold on to tiny glimmer of hope, many dey use this same rubber boats as ticket to the unknown. The question wey dey remain now be: wetin go happen to all these potential lives wey just dey waka enter blank? E fit change, but na wetin the world dey do to make am stop?
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