“It was a terrible experience for me,” said 38-year-old Thankgod Opemipo Matthew Yeye, one of the four Nigerians, in an interview at a São Paulo church shelter. But I’m here.”Nigerian refugees Thankgod Opemipo Matthew Yeye and Roman Ebimene Friday pose for a photo during an interview. Both men said economic hardship, political instability and crime had left them with little option but to abandon their native Nigeria. “So we taught ourselves never to make a noise.”Spending two weeks within spitting distance of the Atlantic Ocean was perilous. Their journey paid testament to lengths people will go in search of a new start, he said.

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2023 03:39 UTC