Out of Africa - Spain

Jan 2007
The 1,400 km voyage from Senegal to the Canary Islands is now the favoured way for illegal immigrants to enter Europe. But as many as 40% never make it.

Every day, an armada of tiny flotillas brave the 11 day journey from West Africa to the Canaries. "So far today, we've had 293 arrivals. Several needed medical attention for serious wounds", states Oswaldo Lemus from the Red Cross. Under Spanish law, these men can only be detained for 40 days. If their nationality cannot be established in that period, they are released into the local community. But authorities here are being stretched to breaking point and calls are growing for the immigration laws to be reviewed. "The Canary Islands are very small. It's not easy to absorb thousands of migrants", states Harbour Master Salvador Mendez. "People are really worried about the future. We don't know when it will stop". In Senegal, the dangers of the voyage don't appear to be putting people off. Everyone knows someone who did not make the crossing. "Here, young people have no future", complains Alkally Sarr. He's already survived the journey once, only to be deported. But he's vowed to; "try again. For as long as I live".

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[BioHay]

Europe for the Europeans.

[sitdownstandup91]

Fuck illegal immigrants.

[BioHay]

@hawknorbi No stary znów mnie wyczułeś :) A tak poważnie boli mnie to że wypisujesz głupoty i muszę się za ciebie wstydzić.

[hawknorbi]

@BioHay Ja nie dziele ludzi według koloru skóry, boli Cie to, że człowiek czarnoskóry może osiągnąć wiecej od Ciebie. Mama mówiła ucz się synku, jak byś jej posłuchał nie mial byś takich problemów.

[BioHay]

@hawknorbi Ty chcesz za wszelką cenę coś udowodnić. Myślisz, że znasz odpowiedzi na wszystkie pytania. A tak naprawdę potwierdzasz, że jesteś idiotą

[hawknorbi]

@BioHay Fuck stupid people

[thegrandwazoooo]

Shame the africans cant fix up their own place and have to come and sponge off of europe.

[BioHay]

FUCK AFRICA

[Bokkex]

@BioHay is that was your fucking ancestors were saying when they were raping africa?

[fma990]

@michael616joaquin Education usually raises a person from shallowness and ignorance. In your case, all I see is another worthless, racist, and very stupid prick. It'll take more than that to fix whatever mental problem you've got... a ward of psychiatrist and lots of medication might work. A person with your trilingual tongue is sure a sought after rare commodity. But, from the looks of where you shoot your crappy videos; and your lack of clothes; it doesn't seem to have taken you far in life.

[DrPlatinum]

@michael616joaquin You are the stupidest person on earth trully, and you are infested with racism which by the way won't block the black dicks from you hairless pink rectum. LMFAOO

[michael616joaquin]

@DrPlatinum Mandarin - most spoken language in the world, English - second, Spanish - third and I speak them ALL.. Yeah..local dialects lol..you're not smart but that's obv cos you're African..can't teach a new monkey od tricks..