Talk to Al Jazeera in the field - African migrants: What really drives them to Europe?
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2015
- Thousands of Africans put their lives at risk as they go on a boat journey in search of what they think would be a better and easier living. It is a journey that begins with hope, but often ends in despair.
Most of them depart from Libya late at night, travelling across the Mediterranean Sea in broad streams with Italy as their central destination.
Last year, more than 170,000 migrants arrived there, representing the largest influx of people into one country in European Union history.
Most of the migrants are Eritrean and Syrian but numerous Africans from sub-Saharan regions also use this route.
This year almost 2,000 people have died trying to make this crossing. And the Libyan coast guard intercepts many of the boats transporting illegal immigrants from across Africa to Italy.
We travelled off the coast of Libya to meet African migrants risking everything for a future in Europe.
Who are they? Where do they come from? And what do they expect to find on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea?
Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid meets three young Africans who are in a Libyan detention centre: Patrick Jabbi, 27, from Congo; Baba Lami, 19, from Gambia; and Alima Bakhari, 23, from Nigeria, who was one of the few women on the boat that was boarded by the Libyan coast guard.
We find out more as Patrick, Baba and Alima talk to Al Jazeera in the field.
This is EXACTLY what gaddafi said will happen
You are right. He talked about it.
Crazy Killary clinto-Lewinsky made a joke about it after she destroyed the Benghazi Strip while she worked with Obama
@@benlotus2703 i can't stand Hillary so crazy and deluted🥺
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*To any would be African migrants planning to go to Europe who may be reading this* (somehow):
There is no Free House, Job, Car and Money waiting for you in Berlin, Rome, London or Paris.
It is unlikely, you would be living in a luxury villa in the French Riviera, driving a Ferrari on the Autobahn or getting a free education in Oxford.
The likelihood is (as it is for many migrants who do get to Europe) is that you'd end up homeless, jobless and possibly hungry living on the streets of Rome or London or squatting in a slum in Calais.
It's better to stay home or apply legally (as difficult as it may seem).
e0o9kii do you think they have the luxury of seeing your comment lol
MademoiselleLapin Not likely. That's why I said 'somehow' at the end.
Abdul Taha oooooh you have it all worked out dont you, theres the rotheram comment again you pervert,are you a woman hater or do you just hate WHITE WOMEN, cos i think you do i bet one turned you down once, your list is what you want to do isnt it Abdul, never mind, you can allways wish cant you, you and your silly list, I dont know.
infinitecanadian i think there is a less than one percent chance someone who is in their situation will see this video or comment. i know immigration is a hot topic issue but stories of migrant I look at these kind of stories with empathy for the struggles of everyone involved. i see people suffering and its hard but the truth is europe is not the answer so its sad because you watch this and know they are screwed either way. so i feel for the whole situation. we all have to count our blessings to the little to big luxury we get to have by just being born where we are. the solution is that countries of the migrants be fixed but if its going to happen it will take a very long time.
***** I actually recall watching a BBC documentary about Indian and/or East European migrants in Britain who were living illegally in Britain but given they can't get a job, housing or anything, they're actually now paying people smugglers to actually take them out of England and back to where they came from.
Reason the Home Office won't deport them is because, they destroyed their passports and travel documents so they can't be deported.
They forgot about the "BILLS" that you need to pay every month. They thought they will just arrive in europe and then happy days.
Mainly its those who are already here and lie about their circumstances
Sadly that is often the case as housing & social security is provided upon arrival and then they look towards medicine, social care & education to be provided too. Mean while the European tax payer is funding this while their economies struggle and people face their own financial problems.
-Europeans do not hate Africans, problem is in a large mass of unqualified, difficult-to-adjust mass of people who thinks that honey and milk flow in Europe, they come, they can not adjust and they become a problem.
-Africa has great potential I hope it will be better..
No
Where does humanitarian aid go in Africa? what can they show for it that has advanced their country and people?
Very true
Is it every European thats qualified 🤔
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And look at the raging anger towards European people 😭😭😭
They start their first moments in a bad unacceptable way 🤯🤯🤯
And how can any country help between 170 and 200 THOUSAND people a year? Year after year after year?
Don’t they realize this???
Why don't Qatari accepts them in their country, Qataris have oil and are very rich
Because of slavery
Gaddafi warn about this problem but you guys killed him
qatar pays 3$ a day working 15 hours a day.
Halima said has 3 kids and thy're fatherless... minutes later, she says she came with her husband.... wow
ikr.. lol.. what a liar
Maybe he is the second husband
@@zaraxukun499Maybe all the men that travel with her are her husbands
@@theresawright1932 They want you to feel sorry for them, that's the game they're playing.
She has three kids back home, now they are fatherless now because their father is here with her.
Probably better off fixing their own country .
Henry Darr It would be better off if powerful western nations would stop aligning themselves with the criminals suppressing the people there.
Henry Darr Which our capitalism and imperialism destroyed ... please use your brain - thanks.
supahacka Why didn't these things destroy China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Korea? And why did Ethiopia, which was never part of any European empire and remained relatively isolated until well into the twentieth century, suffer the exact same problems as every other African country (but not, as I said, former European colonies in East Asia and countries that used to be extorted for money by European fleets)?
AnimefreakHQ We deal with whatever government they cook up for themselves. We did the same in South Korea, which was as poor as Uganda fifty years ago, and look how good South Korea is now.
Old Boris South Korea did not have their resources being plundered. Read about the CIA operatives and french government killing African nationalists (Sankara, Lumumba, etc...) who were helping their people. The western nations wanted to exploit the resources for themselves and didn't want Africa to be self-independent.
I'm Nigerian and I'm not only ashamed that my country is so bad at helping its own people help themselves WITHIN our country, so much so that they go through these kind of journeys to Europe; I am also ashamed of the Nigerians women rhetoric at the beginning that god will get her to Europe and also her underlying assumption that life will be better for her in Europe, as if things are so easy and peachy in Europe. I remember when this crisis first started I criticised the idea that no differentiation between migrants and refugees were being made and that Europe was just adopting this liberal, arms wide open stance where we'd all blindly turn our eyes to the realities and difficulties taking in a large population of people who may not assimilate into countries and cultures different from their own and who seem to have an assumption that Europe owed them a certain standard that they imagined they deserved, as if Europe didn't have its own problems that would hinder that. I'm so disappointed by the outcome of this crisis in 2017
Nigeria is one of this worlds, most corrupt country. Thats your reputation? You have much work to do if you want to change that. And that is not my or anyone elses falt here in west.
@@ingridarvidsson7597 did you read the comment?
Your country should not exist in the first place
i can understand what you are meaning...but probably it's the lack of higher education plus very one-sided stories about europe. the migrants who stranded in my region, mostly west africans such as gambians and nigerians, they didn't know about the difficult migrant laws in germany. some just have seen social media posts of people in europe, standing in front of fancy cars and wearing designer clothes. sometimes reality just hits them, when they receive letters about their planned deportation. it's a huge drama, but the system is to blame, not the individuals. nigeria needs its youth to build a strong and modern country
You people should stay in your country and fight for your rights.not comr to other countries and have our goverment help your kind its not right.
Its as simple as this Europe can't continue to accommodate everyone who wants to leave their country!
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Nigeria has a growing economy. I don't understand how they can claim asylum?
Husture A growing economy doesn't necessarily translate into a high standard of living. It doesn't indicate how that wealth is distributed. America is a rich country but 50 million of its citizens are on foods stamps.
So does Equatorial Guinea. Yet the only people benefiting are Nguema and his henchmen.
@@fauxmanchu8094
Roughly half of which are Black people.
Correct
FIX YOUR OWN COUNTRY!!! NOT DESTROY ANOTHERS!!!
Jan.....
EU destroyed african countries.....took all minerals how can they fix the country when you took all????????????
europe / US destroyed Libya are you aware of that? Dont act like western governments have nothing to do with this crisis. Hypocrite.
I pleave that one of your family had some thing from africa
@@BeenuZz I wouldn't say that. NATO simply gave the rebels the support they needed to turn the tide. They did not interfere with how the Libyans should be governed as that would be left to the Libyans. It just so happens that a power vacuum was in-place that made the rebirth of their country complicated. They were too focused on taking down their leader that they did not think further on how to do so as a truly united force. Yes, they shared a common enemy, but not the same future for Libya (who should lead and how)
@@donhamukwa5253 Took all the minerals? We hardly scratched the surface there was almost limitless resources left. The Chinese on the other hand will hollow Africa out and leave you with nothing.
Listening to these Africans being interviewed, the sense of entitlement is galling.
+DonegalRaymie201 You sound uneducated my friend. You yourself live of the back of a small minority of educated people that have created a system you so staunchly claim as your own. The only thing you are good for is the fact you were born into a rich country. Other than than your useless.. We don't need people like you..
Please have some more empathy for people in your same situation but in a country that is far tougher. Just because you were born in a Rich nation shouldn't give you the right to condemn others who were born in horrific conditions and political instability that you could never imagine. Get off your high horse, you are just lucky. What do you contribute? Why should you be allowed to enjoy these benefits and not these poor souls? Tell me what makes you better than them (other than being born)?
Sam Osborne Other than hectoring, what are you doing for these people then?
Adam Sanchez An ad hominem response. What I am doing is irrelevant. I'm questioning your borderline racist remarks. Maybe I came across brash.
Looking through the comments of this video, I am ashamed that fellow westerners can be so close minded and self entitled (we are the lucky few, how can we be so selfish). We forget that we all share this planet, we are all apart humanity.
Build bridges not borders.
Sam Osborne Did you see how these lovely cuddly migrants showed their gratitude in cologne? A case for stronger borders.
Sam Osborne
Utter SHITE!! We CREATED the Wealth, and the Modern World, not through luck, but through ingenuity and innovation!!
WTF has Africa invented, innovated, discovered???
EXACTLY..............
Listening to that women was just disturbing. Not only is she a religious lunatic with her prophecies that she will survive the trip because she "believes in God", what was most annoying is that she believes it is her right to be in Europe because she wants a a better future for her family and a "sweet life". WTF. You are not the only person on earth that wants those things. Honestly the only thing I got from this video is the utter sense of hopelessness most Africans have for a better future. The best thing the West can do is promote family control and economic development and most importantly hold those governments accountable for the rampant corruptions, I believe those things will go a long way.
bigray712 I totally agree with your opinion . The solution to this is in their own leaders back in their countries.
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youre right man
European colonialism raped the world, now I do love watching karma unfold. Blame your colonial ancestors, they sure didn't see this coming. They thought they would get off scott-free.
Build there own country,s up with them. They have to fight for there own country. To be rebuilt. That's the best way to help them. In there own culture ,,,Merkel as got a lot to Answer for.
God we thank you for our stable Botswana 🇧🇼🙏🏼🧚🏼
Botswana is a very stable country same as Lesotho👏 I'm blessed to be born in Lesotho 😊
I also thank our stable south africa hey, seems like it's tough in most African countries 😭🙏🏾
@@thandokaay797 💕💕🦋
@@thandokaay797 Hello my fellow South African.😁
@@mamphomabitle2587 What , your nationals are in SA committing all sorts of crime.
"We are all Africans" - the woman who's being interviewed. If so make Africa better rather than going to Europe and discomforting the natives who don't want you there.
@stickymouse European countries are democracies and if they want a law where entering illegally gets you immediately deported then so be it. There are embassies in Sub-Saharan countries and they should apply there.
racist go home
So, when Gaddafi was ousted in 2011, what exactly was the plan for Libya?
They need to drop flyers in those countries and have signs at docks and ports on the Mediterranean shores saying it's dangerous to try and cross to Europe and there is no land of milk and honey and streets paved with gold for them. Someone is lying to them just to make money.
Devil is a father of lies.
Probably evil people make them believe that europe is a paradise.
Yes where is the UN and EU the least they could do is drop flyers and try to educate these ppl. about what is awaiting them, no work no gold on the streets
Notice how most of them come from stable countries, yet they love to mention Somalis and put the focus on us and Eritreans simply because our countries are well renowned for being wartorn/authoritarianism
i expected alot of my country men but surprised we are not in every boat
If this happens in South-East Asia or Asia, the navy is informed to open fire.
Sumanth Lazarus , Nobody is interested in Asians, shut up your eyes
Carol Khisa This is now the Asian century, you fool. American hegemony is in long term decline. Don't you know anything?
When will Africans pull their weight in the world
Adam Sanchez Never...............never have..................never will...........
500 years of free labor wasn’t enough?
How can you be a soldier, without having a passport in Europe, and even getting a residence permit in Europe is difficult, bro your dream is big, but do something for yourself
All these people have their OWN countries. if it is not a good country, then they should work and fight to make it better. Some African countries have the very good possibility of great agriculture, tourism, mining minerals etc. Nigeria is oil rich, but the money is kept by a few and not invested well. And still we in the UK give aid that goes into the wrong pockets.
African countries are not real countries in the first place
The people smugglers Lied to them same problem here in Australia !
BIRTH CONTROL AND CONTRACEPCY SHOULD BE MANDATORY IN AFRICA.
Abandoning a country that it isn't war torn is uncaring and unpatriotic. If these people didn't even care for their own homeland, how much more toward a strange country. Hope they just go back and fix Africa to a more desirable continent.
Don't hold your breath.
Where you from?
They come for money and soros fund their smugglers
It's utterly shocking how disillusioned they are... do they really think the Italian navy rescues them and they're free to go?!
They need Jesus
IF there is NOTHING then you should make SOMETHING, not come here and leech off of us. ROME wasn't built in a day for heavens sake.
Aggressive Refugees
What strikes one is the peculiar mixture of entitlement and a deluded notion that Europe is the solution to all of their problems. It's almost a kind of pathology.
Its a global issue. Latin America feels that North America is their utopia. Africa & the Middle East gravitate towards Europe, while South East Asians look towards Australia & NZ. It is a shame that following WW2 many nations rid themselves of European imperialism to go it alone yet now feel that Europe is the answer.
Well , There are huge Numbers of African men across Europe ,,I can see them in Germany everyday,,Listen to us : Europe is small Content ,,please try to understand the situation is becomes very hard and difficult life for the European people especially the last 15 years because of these illegal African Migrant ,, We have alot of problems are unsolved .
Then we have the Arabic and afghans who bring all their problems and the majority are not working, living on us tax payers. More and more imported problems are coming each week. In 30 years you Germans are going to be a minority in your own country. You already are a minority in some cities. How do you feel about the future for Germany and Germans?
Its their leadership, its their responsibility.
That guy on boat giving thumbs up, don't know the trouble he is bringing. Why do these people shout.
The best between Europe and Africa is the sea!
Shame on aljazeera never took even 1 African refugee and making headlines
Watch the eyes shift as the lies roll...Dont believe anything You hear believe half of what you see and all of what you feel...If it walks like a duck...
What amazes me is that they leave their woman, mothers and children in their terrible countries. WTF!
As an African this is just painful and shameful to watch.
And to think the root cause lies in their own local governments (or lack thereof)
She is a spectacularly good interviewer! She could get information from anybody
Who said to them that bs about europe?
If europe can't help all europeans, how can we help WHOLE Africa wtf...
they simply want a free ride and to some else to pay for it.
Who will the Europeans call for help when Europe is overwhelmed by millions of these people.
Too sad that those smuggler's can convince people in Africa that Europe is a better life. Suffering is the result, dying in the desert, dying on the sea, loosing all their money, giving up a possible life and here they are in, on the Libyan cost or in Lampedusa, with no hope and will get no new life. Social benefits will ends within a few years in Europe and then ........?
this is a shame to African leaders who hold on to power for themselves. As an African I think this is voluntary slavery this people are simply helpless and they have no love for their own countries. imagine someone who does not want to go back home it's strange. here in Namibia things are different our economy is relatively stable and there is peace in our country. we thank our government.
OOOH! Namibia!
I can't wait to see Kalahari **mentally crying**
These people need to stay in their own country -- you can't just show up in EU and be like "Derp, here I am, give me all the free stuffs." And besides, we have enough problems with our economy.
Oh yeah, did I mention that many illegals have been found to be HIV POSITIVE?! This is something the news doesn't want to talk about!
Did your priminister Justin Jihad Trudeau or whoever ask your peoples permission or consent to defile your homes and flip you the debt of destruction ( to set up the New World Order sales pitch after they destroy the so called OLD SYSTEM)? NOPE.
This malicious intentional swindling from satans representatives like JUSTIN JIHAD TRUDEAU< MERKLE etc. is equivalent to rape and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Leave them,they are looking for a free life guys,these people are looking for just and just peace.
Green grass is watered by citizens of a European country. Africans must learn to water the ground they are standing on so as to produce green grass in the future. There are utility bills, rent, food to be paid for in a European country. There's nothing for free in the world. Even the woman you love, you still have to pay a dowry to marry her.
If this guys from black Africa can find job in Lybia, which allows them to put aside few thousand bucks, then they are better off there. There are no jobs at European side of Medeterranian believe it or not, and in the asylum centres you get only food and bed.
No job, that's a lie, the journey is paid at source.
tell me exactly what the role of United Nations is if this is what is going on, captured on camera and two years later Libyans and other Africans still dying embarrassing deaths
I was married to African illegal migrant. Now we are trying to bring fiance of my son from Africa.
Africans should apply their dreams in their homeland. There are so many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that can help them.
As a South Africa l should be grateful even though life is not so rosy here as well but we are better off considering the shocking desperation of my fellow Africans in this video
Same here fellow south african.
LMFAO This is trying to make us sympathize with them.
Ppl , EU is not pink! we have our problems here too. i dont know what these poor ppl will do over here.
So Patrick's dream is to become a European soldier ???? What kind of dream is this bs haha
ABC fun maker , it is surely a dream to me, it takes balls to be a soldier
He could volunteer with the french foreign legion called la legion etrongiere
ABC fun maker He's not 28. He looks much older.
Sad to see citizens from Africa's 2nd largest economy so determined to leave!!!
Africa,this is our problem!!!.
Us as individuals,our government and society in general!!!!
Poor planning,war, being too gullible ( thinking Europe is heaven)
Hope watching such videos teaches us a lesson
We've lost so many people already!
There were African kings who handpicked their people to label as slaves and then sell them off in the slave trade. British colonists themselves didn't come and pick people for slavery, slaves were arranged for them.
Why does no country want these “migrants?” Once that question is answered, then it will be understood what legacy we are leaving our descendants.
just go to North or south Pole...The Penguins are waiting for you..^_^
maybe your mom she's waiting for me
Patricia Gonzales 😂😂😂
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We Europeans don't even have the right to defend ourselves and our countries 😢. We are witnessing the start of a historic replacement of the demography of a continent. If they need help in their own home country, what will they be able to contribute in Europe? If two people play a game, and one follows the rules while the other one doesn't, who will win?
May God almighty bless and protect u people
I am glad that despite our social problems, no Kenyan is as stupid as the west Africans to take such a risk for a delusional thought there is better life awaiting them in Europe. Hustle in your own country and build a good life for yourself. Ignore the corruption in your country and focus on what you can do for yourself rather than what your country can do for you.
To them living in Europe on welfare is being rich in their country.
Check on them in 10 years and they still we be on welfare and not know the language of their new country.
I love ❤️ the Gambian boys so much!!!! God bless you all!!!! I'm extremely close with the boys!!!!
Libyans catch them and put to the center,they are lucky, they did not fall into the hands of bandits.
South African living in South Africa I find it very difficult to feel sorry for this People, they MUST fix their country who will do it if they all go to Europe. Fix your country and stop risking your lives, over populating Europe
They cannot come here and they will be deported if they do. But don't say you wouldn't have done it yourself if you were that poor with no future prospects. They're not rats. Please have a more respectful tone people.
@ScarletDespair
With the help of the US's Marshal Plan.
To anyone saying Africa is poor because Europe plundered it:
1) 100-200 years or so seems too short a time to both conquer an entire continent and drain most of its natural resources with the knowledge and technology available at the time. (Even today it would be quite the challenge.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonisation_of_Africa#Scramble_for_Africa
2) Europe was technologically more advanced at the time. Youd think that the natives would have learned something useful from the white man during the colonial period.
3) My personal opinion is that Africas poverty has its roots in its too rapid decolonization. The continent lost too many experienced leaders in too many fields in too short a time resulting in the collapse of the system and chaos.
4) If life is so bad and they are constantly facing hunger then why are they having so many children?
To anyone saying that white people should pay for enslaving black people:
1) Noone should be punished for his forefathers crimes. By such a logic everyone on the planet should be punished because somewhere down the line we have a forefather that did something horrendous.
2) Before colonization Africans sold other Africans into slavery.
www.understandingslavery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=368&Itemid=227
3) Most Europeans were not involved in slavery. They did not own or trade slaves. If they did Europe would have a much larger non-European population since long ago. Slavery was something that the wealthy people of the time did.
4) There were white slaves (Irish for example). In fact serfdom was in some cases basically slavery. (Serfs could not move to a different region, had to work for their lord, could be beaten if they slacked off. Serfs could be bought, sold or gifted although usually that was just part of the transaction with the piece of land they were tied to.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtluft_macht_frei
To anyone saying Europe should accept the refugees:
1) Not all the refugees are fleeing from war or persecution. Many are just looking for an easier life and we basically have no way to sort them out, no way to even be sure they come from where they claim to come.
2) Why are the refugee boats mostly filled with young able bodied men? If they are fleeing then who will restore order in their countries of origin? Who will protect the women and children?
3) Africa is 3 times the size of Europe, why cant the refugees find refuge in African nations that are culturally far more similar? The whole continent is not in a state of war.
4) No nation or nationality should be obligated to take steps towards its own demise.
nipi tiri
Europe still takes an enormous amount of resources and wealth out of Africa. Just think of French Total, Royal Dutch Shell or BP and how they used African oil to finance WW2 and to rebuild Europe again after WW2.
In West Africa the French had even established their own currency, so that they wouldn't have to pay Ghanaian Oil in USD. Or think of the coltan and diamond mines which are controlled exclusively by a few rich shareholders from London.
So what Africa has received from us in return, comes close to nothing compared to what we got out of it. It's a tinyminey fraction. And the little we paid was paid in large as bribery and weaponry (well, to defend our resources).
Slavery was only the prolog if you will. It's an ongoing systematic exploitation of a whole continent and the people who live there which lasts for more than 500 years. That's a huge amount of dough and blood we are talking about, don't you think?!
But I give you that: when the first European arrived, Africa has been strongly underdeveloped, this is true even now. The reason for that lies much in the geology of the continent and the fact that in large parts the African landmass spreads out "vertically" and not "horizontally" like the Euro-Asian continent does.
Why is this important?
Because "horizontally", i.e. along the same geographic latitude, agricultural and technological knowledge tends to travel steadily from one culture to the next. If you understood how to grow oranges in China you knew how to do it in the Mediterranean as well, just because of similar climatic circumstances. Abel_N talks to Abel_N+1 and Cain_N to Cain_N+1 so to say.
Now let's compare this to an ancient Southern African farmer around 1500 BC who wanted to bring his tomato-growing-knowledge into other regions of the continent, he ended up traveling north, had to overcome rivers as far as 25 km wide and 200m deep, endlessly thick forests, wild animals, sickness, deserts and other inhumane conditions until he finally reaches a spot on the "other side" of the equator with the same climatic and agricultural properties.
But all along his way, anywhere else between those two regions his tomato-growing-knowledge would be useless 100% of the time, simply because tomatos don't grow in the savannah. So maybe given those preconditions it is impossible to create an advanced society that spreads across different climatic zones.
And this gets even less likely if we take into account that Africa contains not one single animal species that could be tamed and used in agriculture or for traveling long distances. No one has ever convinced an antelope to plough a field. So when there is no horses, there is no effective ploughing and no Alexander the Great.
On the other side our juicy orange could have traveled from China, which always had the most fertile soil one can dream of (nourished by Australian wind erosion of its outback), to the Mediterranean conveniently on the back of a horse, a camel or even a donkey.
The ancient Americans lived under similar conditions before the Europeans arrived. They also had no idea of domestic animals like horses or donkeys. Most of them (estimated several thousands) then died quickly from a couple of diseases and viruses brought in by the Conquistadors long before they had the chance to actually meet an European in person.
Deo Hans "Europe still takes an enormous amount of resources and wealth out of Africa. Just think of French Total, Royal Dutch Shell or BP and how they used African oil to finance WW2 and to rebuild Europe again after WW2."
Lets put WW2 aside as it was pre-decolonization of Africa.
I would argue that what you are pointing to is just globalization and we are all exploiting each other. Would they be able to develop these resources all on their own? And again its a "some rich people" thing as most of us dont own said companies and dont reap profits from them.
Currently Africa does not have much to offer besides natural resources. Most of the population is poorly educated and the infrastructure is lacking. Instability of some regions should also serve as a deterrent to outside investments. Should we stop trading with them and leave them in economic isolation? Or should we provide everything for them at our own expense (hand them everything on a silver tray)?
"Slavery was only the prolog if you will. It's an ongoing systematic exploitation of a whole continent and the people who live there which lasts for more than 500 years."
"In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under European control." Decolonization started in about 1950s. This is why in my very first point I was talking about 100-200 years.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa.
Animal traction existed in North and South Africa long before the colonization. You seem to be right about the rest of the continent.
www.africanafrican.com/folder12/african%20african%20american/tutankhamun/Starkey-HistoryAnimalTractioninAfrica-97-draft.pdf
Geology isnt really anybodys fault. I guess some/most Europeans should whine about not being able to grow anything in the winter. (Personally I like to think that winter just forced us to be more creative and work harder in the warm period.)
On,t be going to Sicily again. It was a lovely island .
Hey Al Jazeera. Ask Quatar , Kuwait , The UAE , Oman , SA if they can help these refugees out.
You have a lot of money and space!
Thank you
I often say this on vlogs like this.... Many African nations rid itself of what they called European imperialism following WW2 as they often felt they could go it alone and do better for themselves. Over the years we have seen famine, AIDS pandemics, political corruption, failed economies, poor education, Asian communities expelled, white flight etc. as many of these nations have become basket cases. Then we hear the Liberal arguement that we once rules these nations and we are responsible or we are inhumane. The view that Europe should open its doors wide open and tax payers should fund housing, social care, medicine, education & social security, when it often doesn't have the infastructure in place to cope with its own internal demands.
Are these African migrants aware of the increadible difficulties that await them, await anyone that arrives in Europe without documents? I am a permanent resident of Switzerland, I immigrated 4 years ago from USA, and there are so many documents required for everything. One can do nothing without papers. Renting a flat, employment, starting a business, all of this requires me to have tons of documents.
Libyan authorities? Nice joke, with 6 faction controlling different cities and provinces, Libya looks more like a strategy game than a real country...
My people have suffered so long, I hope one day they find peace and comfort right here in Africa. The dark skin we have was to protect us from the sun, but also led us to being the most hated and persecuted race on earth, it was a blessing from God but a curse to humans. I hope you all come back home soon. When their system crumbles. We will be here, because there is no hardship in this world we can't overcome. We are one of the few who will be able to tolerate the hardships of the future. The sun is coming nearer and hotter, your melanin privilege will prevail
Carol Khisa Be careful what you wish for. The sun is getting hotter alright due to climate change and Africa will be one region most affected. Droughts, less rain, deforestation, desertification, a population explosion, extreme weather events are already happening and will only get worse. You think your melanin will save you from starvation?
So youre saying everyone hates you because you black yet you all move to super white countries? liar.
youre the same as those super eeeeeevil white men that went to africa
You clowns are just like them, dirty fkin colonizers
Sorry we don't have the resources. If everyone is so fed up why don't they band together and take back their countries.
Because they are all cowered and they don't want to sacrifice
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In other words, they just want something for nothing.
How many has Qatar taken in?
This video needs subtitles, I cannot understand what they are saying!
How would they like it if they fixed their country and we came to push them out of it?
MANY ASIANS MARRIED AND STOP HAVING CHILDREN FOR THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN SUFFER AND DIE IN VAIN. BE HAPPY.
Subtitles would be useful.
I think its ok to receive migrants but this is insane! Africa is one of the most populated places on earth with high levels of births vs deaths, the problem is when will it stop? Will they continue to pour in infinitely?
1234qwer , Africa is 3 times size of Europe, and its population is not even close to 2 times the size of Europe, what is your point?
Carol Khisa Africa's population will double in 50 years while the population of Europe is declining.
We desperately need a Far-Right wing Europe!
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Great...........HODA ...best presentation.................
Now I know why they come to Europe. Why leave your country and then come to another country that is hostile towards you if you come illegally. If you want to come then come legally. I would rather stay in the poor country where you are welcomed. If you have nothing build a mud hut for shelter and then go foraging or fishing for food. I live in Europe and have suffered racism here. I would rather stay in a poor country where I don't suffer racism. They seem smart they can speak good English and some of them are educated. Why not try to uplift your own country?
The girl with the blue hat should be humble
European men, do something to protect us european women. You see hords of young, strong black men without women. What do you think will happen when they end up in Europe????? Man up, chase the EU politicans out of their chairs and DO SOMETHING. Guess you too want your wifes and daughters safe.
Europeans are risking extinction
We natives are already minority. This invasion is destroing us and our homeland
Avena Neumann hahahahahahahahahahahah says the woman with a purely jewish surname not even european yourself hahahahahah
There is no other options ,,only we should protect ourselves with our hands ,this is the last solution.
Just Sa'in if they didnt u wont be here idiot
I'm african and this makes me grudge on african leadership why isn't helping their own citizens.
God bless Africa. 💔😭😭😭
INJUSTICE, . OVERPOPULATION. THE MONEY IS IN THE HANDS OF ONLY A FEW PEOPLE.
Think it true the idea that if all the Europeans moved to Africa and all the Africans moved to Europe it wouldn't be long before Africa was like Europe now and Europe like Africa now!...and there would be a load of migrants wanting to come back the other way! Stay where you are and make your country better!
I feel sorry for these people. They themselves don't even realise that they have nothing to offer Europe, and Europe has nothing to offer them. They will just be another disfranchised underclass.
Whoa whoa whoa... Calm down mamasita
Life aint rosy in my country Kenya but i than God we aint reached this levels of entitlement that Europe is the solution to our problems and also ffs nigeria aint unstable why are they claiming asylum
I feel bad for them. They have dreams - naive dreams, yes - but dreams nonetheless. And unlike the Europeans, they're not violently invading anyone's country; they're just trying to settle peacefully.
Hope is just a vague dream
If you don't have a clear vision in the western world, you are lost
WTF is the woman at 4.16 ranting and yelling about?
Oh my God I just saw my neighbour in this video. But I thank God that we are happily living here in Germany. We are now doing Ausbildung here in Germany…
Ohhh it is so pain but there no way unless we have to risk our life 😭😭😭
Believe me they all want Britian.
Ohh, he just said my country MOZAMBIQU!☺️ God bless
Patrick Jabbi, the man is Gambian
You know.. I sensed it too. He has this typical Gambian accent and the face is too Gambian!
This is they price to pay if u neglect your life in the early stage. If u check there is no one of them who have a skill.
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Skill??!! I am sure most of them hardly finished grade school
Somebody should do something with Africa it has been forever
Would b interesting 2 see where they are now