Dumb shit people, safe in their own countries, make up crazy ideas in their heads about crawling into other countries

dumb shit people, safe in their own countries, make up crazy ideas in their heads about crawling into other countries illegfally, breaking every rule, every border…

Sam’s story: ‘I dreamed of playing in the world’s biggest stadiums, but now I have to fight to survive’

Sam*, originally from Beylul, a city in southern Eritrea, left his country in 2019 for a training camp in Uganda with the national football team. One night, he decided to flee to build a better future and never return to his homeland and its repressive regime.

I became an Eritrean international player in 2016. But we didn’t travel much, and for a good reason: several players had already fled during trips abroad. I could see that the government and the security services wanted to keep a tight rein on us, and during a rare trip to Uganda in 2019, I decided to escape in the middle of the night with seven other teammates. I had to take control of my own destiny. We all had a little money, and from Kampala, we went to the Central African Republic, then Chad, and after three weeks we were able to go to Libya after intermediaries offered us passage to Europe.