VIDEO: Migrants: Crossing the Sahara

Migrants have the perilous journey of crossing sub-Saharan Africa before they reach the north coast of Africa and further to Europe

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11 years ago

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VIDEO: Crossing the Sahara to reach Europe

Thomas Fessy meets some of the west African migrants in the Niger town of Agadez who are trying to make it to Europe.

 

11 years ago

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VIDEO: Tunisia closes Libya border crossing

Tunisia has closed its main border crossing with Libya after thousands of stranded Egyptian and other foreign nationals tried to break through.

 

9 years ago

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VIDEO: Why Moroccans marched into the Sahara

In 1975, hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched into the Spanish Sahara to claim the territory back from Spain.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Singing the Western Sahara blues

Aziza Brahim, a singer from the disputed territory of Western Sahara, uses haunting melodies to draw attention to the plight of her people.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: On patrol for migrants in the Med

Italy's custom and border force patrol the Mediterranean Sea to save people who are attempting to cross from North Africa into Europe in unsafe conditions.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Migrants scramble to safety

Footage has emerged of migrants on a sinking dinghy desperately trying to reach safety off the coast of Sicily.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: How Sicily 'processes' rescued migrants

Many rescued migrants who arrive in Sicily from Libya are suffering from the effects of sexual and physical abuse, and many are carrying scabies, as Clive Myrie reports.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: What drives migrants to risk lives?

Middle East correspondent Quentin Somerville speaks to migrants in Misrata on the Libyan coast.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: 'Moral imperative' to save migrants

There is growing pressure on the European Union to do more to help the increasing number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa.

 

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