Senegal's life-or-death migration gamble - 27 Jul 07

Each year, tens of thousands of Africans decide to leave their homes in search of a better life. They flee poverty and conflict to make the journey as illegal migrants, risking dangerous seas and being sent back home. Al Jazeera's Gabi Menezes reports from Senegal on the dream of reaching Europe and how some have found it can go terribly wrong.

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[linguere]

A small lesson in IMF and World Bank policies in Africa and perhaps a visit to see how wonderful the place is would be helpful to understand. No one really wants to leave Senegal for any reason other than economics.

[Nuanceqwest]

If they only knew what they were herding towards, they might recalculate.

[MsGiver3]

THIS MOTHERS HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES. THEY ARE VERY SELFISH. I WOULD NEVER SEND MY CHILD OUT TO BE EATEN ALIVE BY THE SEA FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR MYSELF. HOW SELFISH. AND WORSE STILL IF THEY REACH EUROPE WHAT THEY HAVE TO PERSEVERE WITH THE RACIST EUROPEANS, I'M SURE GOD TOOK THEIR LIVES AS A FAVOR. BETTER THE SEA THAN THE EUROPEANS. GOD REST THEIR SOULS!!!!!

[lunafringe10]

@juniorborbo Ruwanda is part of your history, Bokassa, Idi Amin, And dictatorship, corruption and disregard of human rights is your legacy, Which african leaders have left to its people, Not us europeans,

[lunafringe10]

@juniorborbo you cant say "europeans took your things". You have to stipulate, You have to say it was a few rich slave merchants, And monarchy, But the common european lived in modest conditions, Dont blame us, blame the kings, Get the Queen and the belgian monarch to repay you, Not us, I wasnt even alive then, Or go to the US, You picked their cottonwool, not ours,

[lunafringe10]

why are nt u sitting on chairs when they are right behind you? Look at the poor goats. They are locked in a 2 square feet cage, I can also see an abundance of fish, what do you want in Europe? Sarkozy coming to your home and serving coffee and cake?

Some black dude told me civilization came out of africa, But how come you are wretched and poor and we are not? How do you explain that? Hey, not us but the monarchs took things from you whilst we had to work in factories, 14 hours a day

[lunafringe10]

what payback? Has anything been stolen from you? You never had a damn thing, Before europeans came to Africa, you lived in villages. Straw huts, And any damn black chief could kill you if he pleased to do so, We changed all that, What did the Africans do besides sending scammers and baby factories to europe the last 50 years. We have to freeze social security for illegals and the problems are over, No more free rides no more free whatever, Australia put a moratorium on immigration of africans,

[juniorborbo]

@lunafringe10 do you know that european stolen everythings afrikan had. what were european doing in afrika during colonial time. it is time for pay back.. remember man. or you haven't checked your history properly

[lunafringe10]

@juniorborbo then who is to blame? who is responsible for the population explosion if not africans, why do u make babies if you dont hve any money to feed them?

[lunafringe10]

hey you blacks, there are 39 million unemployed in europe already, we dont need you, stay home,

[juniorborbo]

yes when you are pushed to hard against the wall, i guess you can do any thing crazy. Afrikan are not to be blame for this tragedy