Caroline Galea, the woman who posted the shocking photos and video of an injured migrant worker left for dead on a pavement after a construction site incident, is working to help by setting up a campaign to help the man in question, Jaiteh Lamin. Galea posted to Facebook revealing that Lamin, a 32-year-old from Ghana, was ditched by Glen Farrugia after falling at least two storeys at a building site he worked on. He was allegedly put in the back of a van on a timber plank and, after being lied to about being taken to hospital, was abandoned in Mellieha.
Galea also unveiled that she and her associates are setting up a campaign to raise money to support Jaiteh with Victims Support Malta. She urged the public not to consider this an isolated incident as it would be disingenuous to report it as such. She revealed that Jaiteh, who lost his father and needs to support his mother and his wife and two kids back home, was being paid 50 Euros to work 11 hours a day.
Galea stated that this is a systemic issue in Malta and as a population, we should not allow national pride to stop us from confronting this. ‘We are a society and when these things continue to happen it is not only a reflection on an individual but on us all. And we have to do better. We have to speak up and we have to start challenging ourselves, our politicians, and the people around us. Malta is a concrete jungle being built by slaves.’
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Photo Source: Caroline Galea FB
