Yassir Abdou, who had an American wife and a green card until four years ago, is now marooned and destitute in SicilyYassir Abdou carries his life with him everywhere he goes. Part of it he keeps inside a small backpack filled with criminal records, asylum requests and expulsion decrees. Of all the many thousands of individuals stuck in asylum limbo on the shores of the Mediterranean, Abdou may be among those who have fallen the furthest. “I used to watch the scenes of migrants crossing the sea to reach Europe only on TV,” Abdou says. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Yassir Abdou inside the abandoned building he calls his ‘hotel’ where he lives with his dog, Asia.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 06:56 UTC