Setting off with over a hundred migrants aboard a makeshift boat, Mamadou Sao crossed the Mediterranean in harrowing conditions. While some reached the Canary Islands, others lost their lives at sea. Today, he shares his story to raise awareness of the harsh reality of these perilous journeys.

In the crushing silence of the Mauritanian desert, between burning sand and an endless horizon, thousands of migrants attempt each year to cross this hostile territory to reach the Maghreb and, beyond, Europe. Among them, Alpha Sidibé, a young man from West Africa, agreed to share his journey, marked by pain but also by hope.

Seynabou Jame, from Gambia, and Salif Cor, from Senegal, attempted to reach Europe in a pirogue from the Saloum Islands. Their perilous journey ended in Morocco where they were intercepted after a grueling week at sea.