PLAN International - Nigerien Returnees from Libya. Many people had to flee the war. Here are some of those stories. "The return of the foreigner"

My name is Abdramne and I'm 30. I first went to Libya in 2010. I spent a year and 5 months. I worked as a welder.
The place where I worked was where I slept. My home was next to my work. I lived in Misrata. I stayed for a month during the war. We were missing everything--no food, no water and everything was very expensive.

Because of the bombing I had to leave; it was so close.  I was there with my cousin who did not live in the same neighborhood. The city was divided among the rival forces and I had to go to other hiding places to look for my cousin.
The Arab people are complicated, because during the war they used different hand signs of victory. When you see these signs mean that you must choose your camp. Anyway for fear of reprisals from the Arabs, I did not answer. Sometimes it’s a trap, they are loyalists who make signs of the rebels and so for fear of being wrong, I'd rather not answer. So I often say when they ask me, I say, “I look for food”, and I say I am a temporary worker. I avoid commenting mostly on politics.
I witnessed a bombing. I saw four burn victims. It was during rush hour. Since there are food shortages at the time, people came out to the store to buy food and a missile fell on them. I think those are missiles in OTAN, because I saw the planes.

After 25 days, I went by sea with a boat of the International Red Cross to Egypt. In Egypt we were well received and well fed until we return to Niger.

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