Refugees In Libya mourns migrant deceased in shipwreck

Refugees In Libya has mourned one of the migrants who died in a shipwreck off Tunisia last week.
It described its efforts as a journey to humanise the 40 deceased migrants.

“We are on a journey to humanise the 40 people of the last shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia 7.2.24.
Will you accompany us and learn about their lives?
To share is to humanise them, thank you,”Refugees In Libya said.

Providing information about one of deceased, it said:

Mahmoud Muhammad Haroun Adam, born in 1999 in Nyala, South Darfur State. (Katila locality), was a student at Al-Zaim Al-Azhari University in Khartoum, studying Management and Economics. He came from a large family with 17 siblings, including 11 sisters and 7 brothers, his family faced financial challenges due to his father’s meager earnings from farming. The outbreak of war in mid-April last year led to heightened insecurity and violence, resulting in the closure of universities.

Seeking safety, security, education, and a means to support his family, Mahmoud made the difficult decision to leave Sudan in early August 2023. He crossed into Libya on August 15, 2023, hoping for better prospects. However, the grim reality of Libya’s conditions prompted him to set his sights on Tunisia.
However, on September 2, 2023, while en route to Tunisia, he was captured by the Stability Support Apparatus, a criminal group notorious for exploiting migrants. He was detained in Al-Assah detention center for a week until a ransom of 2,000 Libyan dinars (approximately 400 euros) was paid for his release. On September 10, 2023, he finally arrived in Tunisia and sought asylum in Tunis.

Despite seeking refuge in Tunisia, Mahmoud faced threats from both thugs and government forces like the Garde Nationale, which carried a huge deportation and human trafficking to Libya and Algeria, this created an atmosphere of constant insecurity. This environment led him to take the fateful decision to embark on a perilous sea journey on February 6, 2024. Mahmoud harbored a deep-seated dream to foster peace, with ongoing initiatives in his home state of South Darfur, Nyala.

In his final Facebook post on January 30, 2024, just a week before his tragic death, Mahmoud posted in a perfect English as he spoke it, “How can we build peace if we don’t understand it?” His untimely death marked the end of a journey filled with hardship, danger, and determination to make a positive impact in a world marred by conflict, violence and hypocrisy.

May he rest in peace and may we all humanise those who are called immigrants, they too have families, loved ones, ambitions and dreams.