Village workers sit in a lorry on a road in the village of Tarfa al-Kom in Minya province, Egypt, July 12, 2017. Picture taken July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
TARFA AL-KOM, Egypt (Reuters) - In a bare room with nothing but a small pillow, a few pots, and a sheet to cover the dusty floor, Youssef Abdullah's family was living in an impoverished Upper Egyptian village when they were told he died in the Libyan desert.
Abdullah was one of at least 22 Egyptians found dead this month, perishing from heat and starvation after trekking through the Libyan desert by foot in search of jobs they could not secure at home."Youssef's circumstances were very bad. If he found work here he wouldn't have travelled. I wish I had stopped him but I wasn't able to ... he travelled without me knowing," his father, Abdullah Mahmoud, told Reuters.
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