This grammatically incorrect expression by a Libyan volunteer summarizes the plight of Black Africans stranded at the Libyan airport as war rages in that country. While citizens from wealthier countries such as Britain, the US, and China were ferried out of the country at the very beginning of the uprising, Black African leaders have, in a characteristic manifestation of contempt for their people, abandoned their own to die in the war. See the plight of these people in this video.
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There are a lot of issues with the current situation in Libya but I had not heard about these stranded migrants before. These people must have first come to Libya in hopes of finding work and thus a way to support themselves and their families back home. However, they really are stranded because their home governments may not have the funding available to fly them home and if they do, then flying them home is a political statement against Gaddafi. I think this is much more the problem than saying their home countries do not care about them. Rather, I think it is the more complicated issue of money and politics.
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