Kwaku Amoah decided to travel to Italy after poverty forced him to give up on his goals of studying electrical engineering in Ghana. He faced a gruelling journey through the Sahara Desert, exploitative work and several days at sea. But he never made it past Libya. Kwaku 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 speaking to me today. Can you tell me about yourself?
Kwaku: My name is Kwaku Amoah. I’m 29 years old and I live by myself in Dormaa, a town near the border with Côte d'Ivoire. I used to want to stay in Ghana. I was studying electrical engineering and wanted to continue. But I was supporting both my parents at the time and things were difficult financially. They were both in their 70s and not very well, so I had to miss a lot of classes to care for them.
