Libya migrants - Rwanda offers refuge

We watched in horror and disgust a video released by CNN last week, showing men being auctioned off as farm workers.

I am glad that Rwanda is trying to do something about helping those stranded people. I hope other African countries follow suit.

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This is what the Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo said:

"Rwanda, like the rest of the world, was horrified by the images of the tragedy currently unfolding in Libya, where African men, women and children who were on the road to exile, have been held and turned into slaves".

She said that Rwanda was a small country but it would find space.

She told the pro-government New Times newspaper that Rwanda was in talks with African Union (AU) Commission to determine how to intervene and resettle them.

"What I expect and know is that Rwandans will welcome these people. As Rwandans, we are sensitive to people who are helpless and have no way of protecting themselves. It is something that is deep in ourselves, we take pride in human beings," the paper quotes her as saying.

Culled from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42095629