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Forced to swim to shore: Tunisian coast guard abandons migrants at sea

The Tunisian coast guard has a new method when intercepting migrants at sea: confiscating boats and forcing passengers to swim to shore. Ibrahim witnessed it first hand when he tried to cross the Mediterranean.

Senegal: After the Mbour shipwreck, 'everyone is afraid that a loved one will go to sea'

The Senegalese city of Mbour, just south of Dakar, is in shock following a shipwreck off its coast nearly two weeks ago, which claimed the lives of 39 people and left dozens more missing. In this coastal city, many families are impacted by the attempts of loved ones to emigrate. Baba Diop, 68, has a niece who lost two of her sons. Here is Baba's story.

Fata's story: 'I got out of prostitution to help my sisters get out of this cycle'

Fata, a 30-year-old undocumented Guinean woman near Barcelona, left prostitution a year and a half ago to help others escape exploitation. She volunteers with local associations and dreams of becoming a nurse, but faces pressure from influential figures in the prostitution community and fears deportation. Here's her story.

Lampedusa shipwreck survivor: 'I saw my travel companions die'

He was hanging on to the boat for three days, in the middle of the sea with the waves that, little by little, sealed the death of his travel companions. He saw them drown, one after the other, in front of his eyes. The dramatic story of a young Syrian man who was rescued off the coasts of Lampedusa.

Halimatou's tale: 'My missing brothers never told me they would get into a canoe'

Halimatou's three brothers, Saliou, Souleymane and Mamoudou, set sail four months ago from Bargny, Senegal, with the aim of reaching the Canaries. The young woman and her family have had no news since then.