00:02In a small village in Egypt's Nile Delta, families are living in fear and uncertainty.
00:09Weeks after 18-year-old Hamdi Ibrahim left home hoping to reach Europe, a smuggler called his family from Libya.
00:17The message was clear, pay thousands of dollars or the boy would die.
00:23Hamdi had travelled with a group of young men after contacting smugglers online.
00:29Soon after reaching Libya, families began receiving threats.
00:33They were told their sons would be killed or thrown into the sea if they did not pay.
00:39Desperate parents borrowed money, sold gold and gave up their savings.
00:44My mother was born and my son was born.
00:47My son was born and my son was born.
00:48My son was born and my son was born.
00:50My son was born and my son was born.
00:50My son was born and my son was born.
00:58And my son was born.
00:59He was born and saved from Libya.
01:00To arrive in Libya I needed a
01:11But weeks later, they learned the boat carrying the group had sunk near the Greek island of
01:18Crete. 17 people died, others remained missing.
01:22Did they live? We want to know if they were in the hospital or were in the place.
01:32We know the truth, because we live in a situation with the people.
01:42The people of the country had 34 people on the market.
02:02Last year, more than 17,000 Egyptians reached Europe through the Mediterranean.
02:30Over 1,300 migrants of all nationalities died or disappeared on the same route.
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