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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Desperation, smuggling the backdrop to migrant tragedy in Africa  

People from places such as Ghana, Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso long have traveled to Tripoli and other Libyan locations and have gotten work there, from construction to washing cars. Chauzy said even people from the Horn of Africa, where Somalis and Ethiopians have fled to Yemen via the Gulf of Aden, are choosing to travel to Libya rather than pursue a trip to Yemen. Asians as well are opting to travel to Europe from Libya.
While some Africans hope to settle in Libya, many others have their eyes on moving onward to Europe.

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