For the first time in his life, Dhaker Youssef left Tunisia for Malta and soon discovered life was not a bed of roses as assumed back home.

In regards to his personal experiences and those of people he has met within his short time of living in Europe, Dhakar was compelled to describe his thoughts and feeling on the matter of immigration.

Face with the disappointment between his dream and reality, Dhaker was compelled to narrate his experience and that of an illegal immigrant from Sudan.

Dhakar met the Sudanese at shelter centre for immigrants two days after his arrival in Malta. The immigrant narrated is ordeal to him saying his dream became nightmare as it seemed he move from one war to another.

The Sudanese immigrant told him about the rejection and unwelcome treatment he receives as a result of his black skin.

“They are illegal immigrants but not illegal humans,” Dhakar said while concluding his narration.