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For decades, trawlers from Europe, China and Russia have been draining the sea off the coast of Senegal. With the fish running out, desperate poor people are scrambling to find new ways to survive. More and more people see Europe as a last resort. But that road is difficult and expensive to take, and many times people end up back in Senegal again.
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Photo: Simon Stanford
Editor: Apollonia Meleouni
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