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Feb
02
2024
By NACHO DOCE and CHARLIE DEVEREUX
The fisherman from Senegal keeping Spain’s vessels afloat

The fisherman from Senegal keeping Spain’s vessels afloat

NEWS
WATCHING news of Senegalese migrants arriving on the Canary Islands stirs memories for Babou Diouf of the same perilous journey he undertook 17 years ago and his arduous path to his new home - Burela, on Spain’s northern coast. Diouf, 46, a fisherman from Bassoul in Senegal’s Sine Saloum delta, was part of a migration surge in 2006 from West Africa through Spain’s Canary Islands, which lie around 100 km (60 miles) off Africa’s northwestern coast. Fishermen Diouf, 46, Tony, 39, from Indonesia, Eduardo Garcia, 49, from Spain, and Mamadou Sarr, 38, from Senegal, arrange the nets after fishing in…
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Sep
11
2021
By The African Mirror
‘We have no choice’: migrants undeterred by UK threat to send boats back to France

‘We have no choice’: migrants undeterred by UK threat to send boats back to France

WORLD
RICHARD LOUGH and FORREST CRELLIN MUSTAFA Suleiman, 21, is resolute in his determination to reach Britain and won't be deterred from London's threats to intercept boats illegally carrying migrants in the Channel and send them back to France. Suleiman, who fled Sudan's Darfur region in 2019, has tried to make the perilous journey through some of the world's busiest shipping lanes twice in the past year. Both times, he was thwarted by French police before making it off the beach. "We will try and try until the last day of our life," Suleiman told Reuters in a camp on wasteland…
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Sep
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya safe house offered haven for migrants

Libya safe house offered haven for migrants

NEWS
HALIMA William crossed the desert from Nigeria to Libya hoping to reach Europe for a better life but was forced into prostitution until she was able to escape and find refuge in a rare safe house. The story of William, 23, and her husband Mark, 27, who also faced detention and abuse, show the risks facing ever-growing numbers of migrants seeking what they hope will be safety and prosperity in the West. Though they were reunited by chance at the safe house in the town of Bani Walid, where they have been able to find a semblance of security for…
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