There is a particular tragedy in the tragedy Libyan. It takes place in silence, away from the cameras and consumed by the political equations between the Western governments and the UN Security Council. It is the drama of thousands of African migrants stranded in the North African country since the collapse of the regime of Gaddafi. According to the pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera, have killed dozens of migrants, both killed by opponents of the regime forces still tied to Colonel Gaddafi and his clan. The first suspect all non-Libyans alike to be part of the notorious mercenary units that were to be launched against anti-regime demonstrations. The forces associated with Gadhafi, however, abandon them or fire on migrants in the camps in the desert where they were stored, in some cases for years, because of the blockade of the coastal departures to Europe. Among migrants, the targeting by the two warring parties, there are thousands of workers employed in various productive sectors of the country, the oil industry to construction, abandoned by companies to sub-contractors who had brought them to arrive in Libya. According to some estimates, foreign workers in Libya would be a million and a half. The fragmentary news coming from the border between Libya and Tunisia, for example, say there are hundreds of migrants, many of whom would be Egyptian, waiting to cross the border groped for a crazy ride home. Egypt has tried to organize an airlift to evacuate workers stranded in Libya, but the evacuation is proceeding very slowly. The chaos that reigns in Libya makes it difficult, if not impossible, to travel. So who got stuck trying to reach the nearest border crossing by land. The long border between Libya and Egypt, however, is still largely undermined by the Second World War and only the point of Sallum remains open. From there they passed a few days ago 14 Filipino workers, a small group, considering that, according to data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Manila, at least 26,000 Filipinos working in Libya. Monday morning in Nairobi, Kenya, managed to get a plane with one hundred and fifty people, about ninety Kenyans and over sixty people from different African countries, from South Sudan to Uganda, Congo to South Africa. One of the passengers, told Reuters that there were many incidents of attacks on African migrants, who are suspected of being mercenaries paid by Gaddafi to quell the riots. The wounded were so terrified of giving medical care in hospitals already saturated. A death toll is now impossible, but it is feared that the dead can be tens if not hundreds. A further chapter of this drama is that of refugees from other African countries, especially Eritrea and other countries in East Africa, imprisoned in detention centers set up dalla polizia e dall’esercito libico in mezzo al deserto. Molti di loro si trovano in Libia solo di passaggio, nella speranza di trovare prima o poi un modo per raggiungere l’Europa. Sono vittime due volte: della situazione dei paesi da cui scappano e della collaborazione tra le autorità libiche e quelle europee (italiane innanzi tutto) nella politiche di controllo delle frontiere. I messaggi che riescono a filtrare lungo il tam tam dei contatti personali dicono che in alcuni campi le persone sono state semplicemente abbandonate, senza alcuna assistenza, dai reparti di polizia o dell’esercito che sono fuggiti. Per la loro vita, le equazioni diplomatiche rischiano di essere risolte fin troppo tardi.
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