Watch Filmon’s ordeal “Before I got abducted, I had no intention of going to Europe or America,” Filmon says. “Since my training was mainly within electronics repair and IT, my hope was to work in Uganda or Angola.”
Listen Ibrahim Abdi’s story of Tahriib Ibrahim Abdi is 16 years old and was born in the city of Jijiga in the Somali region of Ethiopia. He decided to take the hazardous journey to Europe to pursue a better life.
Listen Hamza’s story – Taking the Journey as a minor Hamza left Somalia as a child in search of safety and a better life. During the journey, he and fellow Somalis were treated horribly by the organized smugglers of Libya. He recounts merciless torture, rape, and abuse.