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Italian tomatoes ruined my business, so I went to farm in Italy

Apah Joseph abandoned his failing farm in Ghana and went to Libya, but he never made it across the Mediterranean

Italian tomatoes ruined my business, so I went to farm in Italy
Tomatoes in a market in Accra, Ghana | Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty Images | All rights reserved
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Apah Joseph decided to travel to Libya after years of losing money on his tomato farm. He was told he might find work farming tomatoes in Italy – the same tinned tomatoes that had driven the prices of his local tomatoes down. But he never made it all the way. Apah is one of six migrant workers who told us about their experiences of migration for this series. An explanation of how we produced this interview can be found at the end.

Raphel Ahenu (BTS): Thank you for joining me today. Can you tell me a bit about yourself?

Apah Joseph: I’m 33 and I come from Tuabodom, a town in eastern Ghana. I have a wife and two sons.