Migration

 

“I left my homeland with three children to go to Saudi Arabia, so that we might find work and have a good life instead of the miserable life we had in Nigeria.”

 

The smuggler took Amina, her young children, and 25 other migrants on a small boat across the Red Sea from Sudan. The trip was arduous. 

As well as beating the captives, the gang withheld food and water, giving them only enough to survive day-today. Amina’s children were not spared the hardship.

Local volunteers aware of IOM’s capacity to assist vulnerable migrant contacted IOM’s Migrant Assistance and Protection team, which currently has personnel based in nearby Hudaydah, to make them aware of the case of Amina and the 35 other migrants.

 

Now she and her young children hope to return home to her eldest son in Nigeria – IOM will aim to support this process as far as possible.