From couple of days ago the news announced that several young Egyptians had drowned in their way to Italy in the Mediterranean sea. The official number of death toll which was announced in the official media was 30 but the number that came from Italy 
Those Egyptians were in the way to become illegal immigrants, they left our Country for the search and the hope of having a better future, running behind the mirage of the better life in Europe , not realizing that this would be their last trip forever
Most of those Egyptians were young people , in fact among them minors who were between 13 and 16 years old , of course I do not know what those minors were doing on those two boats , in those similar cases the minors are left at home were their fathers go to seek money in other countries , in abroad
It is a sad and it will be more sadder to know that most of those people who were drowned in the cold sea actually sold most of what they possessed in Egypt in order to be on the board of those hell boats
The price of going abroad to Italy to live a very hard life as illegal immigrant was 25,000 E.P /"45,00$" ,this is a big price nowadays especially for those young people who are from the low class.Already most of them are from the country side from Kafr El-Sheikh and Fayoum Governates , their parents sold what they owned in order to send them to the cold sea. The same story you will find it in mostly all the houses of the victims , they can't find jobs here anymore , they could not take it anymore and thus they decided to search for jobs abroad , a better life , yes it would be hard , but life here became even harder
To understand why those young people went behind a mirage ,you must understand a famous Egyptian Proverb
What makes you accept the bitter thing ?? the bitterer
This is the logic those people are thinking with nowadays and you have to excuse them in these hard times , hard economic times where the poor gets poorer ,can't find a job, can't find a house , can't marry ,can't find medicine and sometimes can't find food
Sadly the NDP annual conference ended with no mention what so ever to the incident ,they did not even bother themselves to stand a moment of silence tribute to the souls of those young people , of course they dared not to do so because if they did they would admit that the policies they put for 25 years brought nothing to Egypt except that Egypt's sons are trying by all possible ways to get out of her even if the price is their lives
These 140 or even 30 who drowned in the cold sea near the Italian coasts are not the victim of storms or crocks that promised them with heaven and fled away but the real victims of regime corruption and bad very bad economic and social policies of the NDP
May Allah "SWT" bless their souls and bring patience to their beloved one who will miss them , please if you are Muslim read the Fatah on their souls
It is so sad. So is the proverb...
ReplyDeleteWhat I understand from the 'illegal egyptians' I know, is that they did have jobs in Egypt only they were too badly paid (and the financial cost of marrying in Egypt seems to be quite an issue). But those I know came a few years ago, they were grown adults, they have university degrees, they saved money for years and bought a plane ticket. So they are bitter indeed (or bitterer) because becoming house painter is not exactly what they had in mind, neither was remaining illegal all these years, but they say they can't go back to Egypt because they need to save money since they will earn so little back home.
Others I met are far less educated, did not have jobs and came by boat, they actually seem less bitter than the first ones. But what really worries and saddens me is that since a few months most of the egyptians arriving here are very very young, many are minors.
I wonder if it's "the bitter and the bitterer" or if they just don't have a clue of what is awaiting for them in Europe ?
Seg. those illgeal Egyptians refuse to paint houses in their own country because it is a disrespectful job for someone with university degree yet they are ready to paint houses abroad
ReplyDeleteI do not how they think esepcially those who are not educated or even can speak language ,seriously sometimes I feel that because of the frustration they have in Egypt they put too much hope in abroad they believe that the smallest job in year is better paid than in Egypt
it is a tragic
You should go to Kafr El Sheikh to understand how they live and why they are selling all they can to leave. Cairo is Paris compared to Kafr El Sheikh. Have you ever been there. Dogs in London live better!
ReplyDelete@anonymous , this is what I mean by bitterer but let's be reasonable , those guys still go abroad to be meet the unknown , they do not know the language , they go in the worst times of rascim in Europe , they accept the worst kinds of jobs some of them are illegal , it is not an accuse still , yet it is hard life but still Europe and Paris are not heaven for immigrants for God Sake , they can be a living hell
ReplyDeleteAnd they often leave wife and children behind.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they suffer much from racism though, because they don't live in the neighbourhoods where that could be a problem. The real hell (I think) is the fear of getting caught by the police and the terrible work conditions. What bothers me also with the work conditions is that most of their bosses are egyptians themselves, so if anyone they should know what their "employees" have gone and are going through.
Yes Seg. you are right it is even worse when it comes that your boss is an Egyptian , who always takes advantage from you , it is a human tragedy
ReplyDeletealready from couple of day another boat was caught near Greece , again more than hundred among them minors ,less educated , from the country side and thousands of pounds were paid
I think one of the reasons that minor egyptian want to go to Italy is the sex Italian channels which full of beautifull italian naked girls,minors think that thoses beautifull girls will be waiting for them in Italy,stop that sex channels as fast as possible.
ReplyDelete@anonymous, some can consider this as an insult and disrespect but I will answer the same , they do not need to go to Italy dear to have sex , you do not what you are talking about ,go and see how they live then speak as you want
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