After several months in detention, Israel issued him an emergency travel document and put him on an Ethiopian Airlines plane, via Addis Ababa, to Niger in November. But Israel refused to accept him and detained him again for several weeks. Then the travel document issued by Israel expired when he was stuck in transit at Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport after Niger refused to accept him for a second time. "I cannot stay at the airport because the airport is not my home," Mr Muhamad said. 'Asylum his only option'Mr Muhamad insists that he has co-operated with all authorities - in Niger, Israel and Ethiopia - throughout his ordeal.

Source: Ethiopian News February 18, 2019 01:07 UTC