Rescue unlikely for foreign workers trapped in Libya

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Rescue unlikely for foreign workers trapped in Libya
Some can do nothing but wait out the turmoil in Tripoli
Renee Bernard Mar 05, 2011 20:30:18 PM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The situation is worsening for the thousands of foreign workers in Libya who have faint hope that their countries will come and rescue them.

Issaka is one of thousands of Sub-Saharan Africans, who make the perilous journey across the Sahara desert every year, in search of a better life.

With the country now virtually on hold, he has no income and, coming from Ghana, has little chance his country will jet him out.

Compounding the situation is the fear he and other African workers will be mistaken for African mercenaries hired to crack down on the protesters.

"We don't go out. Mercenaries are being brought into this country to kill citizens. Even if you are not a mercenary, if they see you, they will despise you, attack you, and beat you to death."

He's holding out hope that his country will send a ship for all those who want to go home, but there's no telling when it will arrive.

"That is what we don't know. We call the embassy, and they tell us a ship is coming. But we are still here, waiting.

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