From the web: “I was a Lampedusa refugee. Here’s my story of fleeing Libya – and surviving”

The boy next to me fell to the floor and for a moment I didn’t know if he had fainted or was dead – then I saw that he was covering his eyes so he didn’t have to see the waves any more. A pregnant woman vomited and started screaming.

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt