First Person - Benta Yero returns to Mauritania - 21 Feb 08

Benta Yero is returning to her home country, Mauritania, after spending nearly 20 years as a refugee in neighbouring Senegal.

It comes after Mauritania's president said he would make the safe return of refugees a priority, marking a change in policy which previously denied rights for black Mauritanians.

Benta tells Al Jazeera her story.

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[amashakur2]

im mauritanian but i hate this country,people are raciste,fuck all the maure

[mwbaro]

the arabs are racist in Mauritania

[pryncessable]

Who throw them out of their country in the first place? Why is her lip black? Glad she is back home, and recieving some assistance, but where is her husband to help rebuild her father's house? May God give her strength to raise those kids.

[wyldfiyah]

mauritanie is such a useless racist dump of a place, thanks to those arabs and maures

[AnnisaAyana]

@mwbaro

[AnnisaAyana]

@sene1993 Yeah, but like she "there is no place like home" Think about it if someone expelled you from you home, wouldn't you fight to go back there, or at the very least when you get a chance to go back do??

[abdulkarem3]

this is a common statement about the arabs. could someone explain in detail how the nar(maaure) are racist?

[VraiDiouf]

Most black in Mauritanie are Fula

[sene1993]

the arabs are racist..but the refugees shouldnt go back there until the gov can show that they care