Nigeria is the worst Place to give birth, italy is better says Nigerian migrant woman who gave birth at sea

 

On May 2nd this Nigerian was among hundreds of migrants rescued from overcrowded boats crossing the Mediterranean into Italy. A Nigerian was already in labour when smugglers forced her onto the rubber boat on the Libyan coast. After the baby was born she was swaddled into a  disposable hazmat suit but after they were rescued the baby was named Francesca Marina. If you missed it you can read it here

 The 24 year old woman Stephanie Samuel (above) told Reuters that she risked the dangerous voyage to Europe because she wanted a better life for her child.

"I didn't expect the baby, you know, but she just like, she just came. I just wanted to leave Libya. Italy is better than Libya and Nigeria is the worst. God decides, not me but I believe she will have a more good future in Europe." Stephanie said

 From Reuters

A week after the birth, both Stephanie Samuel, the 24-year-old Nigerian mother, and Francesca Marina have recovered. Doctors at the Sicilian hospital said they would probably be transferred to an immigration center for families with small children in a few days time. 

Samuel worked for two years in Tripoli as a housemaid to save money to pay smugglers for the trip, but then the boat she set off in with about 90 others stalled after only three hours at sea.

By the time they were picked up by the Bettica off the Libyan coast seven hours later, she was unconscious after suffering epileptic seizures and had gone into labor.