Paris balcony boy family thank Mali 'Spiderman' Mamoudou Gassama -6
Who is Mamoudou
Gassama? The 22-year-old left the town of
Yaguine in south-western Mali as a
teenager in 2013. He took the migrant route across the Sahara desert
through Burkina Faso, Niger and Libya, and crossed
the Mediterranean to Italy in 2014 at
the second attempt after having once
been intercepted at sea by police. "I had no means to live and no-one to
help me," Mr Gassama told Mr
Macron. During his journey, he spent a year
working in Libya, where migrants are
frequently exploited and even
enslaved by gangs. "I suffered a lot. We were caught and
beaten but I did not lose hope," he
said. Travelling is a rite of passage for many Malians 'Used as a
slave' in a Libyan detention centre Source:BBC NEWS
Gassama? The 22-year-old left the town of
Yaguine in south-western Mali as a
teenager in 2013. He took the migrant route across the Sahara desert
through Burkina Faso, Niger and Libya, and crossed
the Mediterranean to Italy in 2014 at
the second attempt after having once
been intercepted at sea by police. "I had no means to live and no-one to
help me," Mr Gassama told Mr
Macron. During his journey, he spent a year
working in Libya, where migrants are
frequently exploited and even
enslaved by gangs. "I suffered a lot. We were caught and
beaten but I did not lose hope," he
said. Travelling is a rite of passage for many Malians 'Used as a
slave' in a Libyan detention centre Source:BBC NEWS
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