Gambian migrant recollects harrowing detention situation in Tunisian jail
A Gambian ‘backway’ migrant who bore eight months’ imprisonment in a Tunisian jail has recalled harrowing situations of detention, the place they have been brutally tortured and inhumanely handled.
Malang, not his actual identify, begged for anonymity, as he shared his story. He fled poverty in his dwelling nation, hoping to earn a greater life elsewhere in Europe.
However, with out authorized documentation, his solely probability was to embark on the perilous ‘backway’ journey by north Africa and Mediterranean Sea.
After days of gruelling journeys from Banjul by to Bamako and to Tunisia, Malang confronted even better hassle.
He was amongst tons of of African migrants arrested and jailed, as Tunisia continued its crackdown on unlawful migrants. At the jail, they numbered greater than 1,000 inmates.
“The prison was so full that inmates had to share beds. I was transferred to another cell because they don’t want prisoners to get used to one another,” he mentioned.
He spent near a yr within the jail, the place they have been routinely tortured and badly handled.
“I was imprisoned for eight months. There were a handful of Gambians, but I was locked up in a cell dominated by Cameroonians. I spent four days with my hands and legs handcuffed to an iron pole. And the food was terrible. We were served with an empty loaf of bread,” he added.
According to him, there are numerous Gambian migrants languishing in prisons in Tunisia and Libya. He referred to as on the Gambian authorities to urgently take motion and free these Gambians.
By Adama Makasuba
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