To work in Europe to send them money," he told AFP on board the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ambulance boat, Geo Barents. Hageria was pulled out of an overloaded dinghy with another 101 people off the Libyan coast on April 23. Hageria is just one of the 748 unaccompanied minors rescued by the MSF boat since its mission began in May 2021. With two friends and a phone, he crossed the border from Ethiopia into neighbouring Sudan and, after a 16-month odyssey, eventually reached Libya. More than 1,553 people disappeared in 2021 en route to Europe, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2022 07:20 UTC