“When we got to the balloon boat, at that point, I knew there was no going back, I was determined to make it for the sake of my child”.įearing for her life and that of her child, that they may drown at sea, Olanrewaju, found the strength to help a woman give birth in the midst of the chaos on the boat. Remaining resolute to reach her final destination, Europe, Olanrewaju meet a fellow Nigerian, who had compassion on her and agreed to sponsor her fees to cross the Mediterranean Sea with her child. Seeing an escape opportunity, we fled immediately for our dear lives,” says Olarewaju who doesn’t want to share much of her experience while held captive in Libya to protect her daughter. “They broke the wall to the small room, in which Heritage and I were locked up. She was exploited and beaten in the presence of her daughter for over two months until the house of her kidnappers was raided by the police, and they were able to escape. Olanrewaju and Heritage spent two weeks travelling through the Sahara Desert before they reached Libya where the two were kidnapped. She and her daughter left home with the knowledge of her family, who however, did not know the details of the journey. Struggling with the rejection from her family after the birth of her baby Heritage, Olanrewaju Ifemi left Nigeria in 2016 at the age of 29, in the hope of finding a better life in Europe for herself and her five-year-old daughter.įriends who had already made their way to Libya and Europe told Olanrewaju that all she needed was her passport to join them abroad, and did not mention that she also needed valid visa and a work permit.
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