In Central African Republic, deported immigrants find themselves in limbo
Page 2/14

"I would tell him: 'Stay strong, because I have to give you the hat,'" Fernandez-Garcia recalled. The old man would laugh.

Eight months later, Fernandez-Garcia sits in the living room of an apartment in the Central African Republic. He feels torn: guilty for giving Díaz hope, but resolved, nevertheless, to keep his promise.

"That is something I have to do in life before anything else happens to him," he says about his great-uncle. "I have to give him that hat."

Prev
Next
Back to headlines
News menu
Home