Articles Refugee Agency: Zeresenay Andemichael

Zeresenay Andemichael: That's true to a certain point. In 2013, the stories that touched me were about resilience that's tested to the breaking point: people who faced the worst of humanity and kept going as long as they could. Related Items Articles Refugee agency's arrivals a record , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Zeresenay Andemichael arrived here Sept. 13 as a sponsored refugee from Eritrea, a country that's been called the African version of North Korea. Weeks later, on Oct. 3, two of his cousins were among the 364 bodies recovered from the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Merhawit Gebremichael Gebrekidan, 26, and her sister, Semhar Abraham Gebrehiwet, 22, fled Eritrea and had been staying at a UN refugee camp where food aid regularly went missing. They fled to Libya, paid a trafficker US$3,200 and waited to be crammed onto the next boat to Europe. They drowned on Oct. 3. In Winnipeg, Andemichael is grateful to be here but wants the world to know a humanitarian crisis is happening. People such as his cousins are literally dying to get somewhere they can survive. "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Around the world, there are more than 10 million desperate people who fled their homes because of violence, famine and disaster. Those I've met who made it to safety in Winnipeg know their good fortune and they fear for those left behind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.