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A screenshot from an Italian TV report of rough seas off Lampedusa, similar to those at the time of the shipwreck | Source: Screenshot: RAI TV
Ameen Khayer and Thorben Diekmann in 2023 | Photo courtesy of Shkoon
Hundreds of boats line the beach of the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott -- boats like these are used to cross towards the Canary Islands | Source: Screenshot DW documentary
Pakistan is carrying out a huge drive to repatriate the roughly 4 million Afghans who have arrived in the country over the past 40 years | Photo: FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images
File photo: The Canary Islands in Spain saw a record number of irregular arrivals in 2024 mostly from Senegalese and Malian nationals |  Photo by Antonio Sempere/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM