Asylum seeker's sweet-bitter story in Rwanda's transit center
STORY: Asylum seeker's sweet-bitter story in Rwanda's transit center
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:50
LOCATION: Kigali
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the transit center
2. SOUNDBITE (English): GEBRAYESUS WINTA GIRMAY, Asylum seeker at Gashora Transit Center
STORYLINE:
Sitting on her bed in the hostel where she now lives, Gebrayesus Winta Girmay's frustration is visible when talking about her life in Libya. Gebrayesus is an Eritrean who worked as a cleaner in Egypt before heading to Libya from where she was evacuated to Rwanda.
She is one of the African asylum seekers from a variety of countries who were evacuated out of Libya detention centers through a transit mechanism to the Gashora transit facility in eastern Rwanda's Bugesera District.
Gebrayesus was flown to Rwanda over a year ago by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after spending five months in Libya.
The asylum seekers that Xinhua met at the transit center speak warmly abou
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- ILEA002241088
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- 2024/1/28 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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