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'Immense relief' on board the Ocean Viking after learning that they are to disembark in Augusta, Sicily | Source: Twitter feed @SOSMedIntl

Tales from the Border (2/8): Ocean Viking -- Saved by the 'big boat'

In the second episode of InfoMigrants' podcast Tales from the Border, we climb on board the Ocean Viking, the private rescue ship run by SOS Mediterranée. What is life like on board the 'big boat'? Migrants and crew members recount1

The 'Garden of Africa' cemetery already has about 500 people buried in it. There is eventually room for 800 | Photo: Dana Alboz / InfoMigrants

Zarzis, Tunisia: Overwhelmed by the unclaimed bodies of migrants

The city of Zarzis in southern Tunisia takes care of the vast majority of the bodies of migrants that wash up on various beaches in the south of the country. This unanticipated service has created a burden for the small municipalit1

Unemployment and poverty are key reasons why some in Senegal dream of crossing the Atlantic to Europe | Photo: Emmanuelle Landais / InfoMigrants

Tales from the Border (1/8): Senegal -- Crossing the vast Atlantic Ocean

The InfoMigrants podcast Tales from the Border starts in Senegal. Looking out over thousands of kilometers of Atlantic Ocean, towards the Canary Islands, many still dream of a better life in Europe. Meet those who tried to cross, th1

The numbers of those displaced and wishing to flee Afghanistan are increasing | Photo: Jorge Silva/ REUTERS

'What else can we do?': Increasing numbers engage smugglers to flee Afghanistan

The numbers of Afghan migrants turning to smugglers in border towns like Zaranj is anecdotally increasing dramatically. A recent BBC report from there found many of those fleeing had worked for the government or had other middle-cla1

Aboubacar and Alassane despair at not finding work in Tunisia to pay the smuggler to bring them to Europe | Photo: InfoMigrants

Migrants find themselves 'trapped' in Tunisia, a country that can offer them nothing

Thousands of migrants have arrived in Tunisia from neighbouring Libya in recent years. Often picked up at sea by the Tunisian coast guard after leaving Libyan beaches, they hope to quickly cross from Tunisia to Europe. But they all1