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Paul Nkamani's message home

Paul Nkamani fled from Cameroon to Europe. Half of the people that were with him on the boat from Morocco to Spain died. While in Spain, he met German filmmaker Jakob Preuss. A documentary featuring Paul's story was be released in 2017.  

Why risk the journey to Europe?

Why do people choose to risk the dangerous journey to Europe? For many, the lure of better opportunities and providing for their families is even stronger than their fear of death.  

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Refugee stories: Fleeing from DRC

What is it like to leave your country for good? Patience Makayabu Ngano fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over 10 years ago. Here is Part 1 of her story: Leaving home.  

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Refugee stories: Fleeing from DRC

Refugee stories: Life in Germany

Baky Koné und Spieler (DW/J.Heinrichmann)

Ivorians dream of European soccer career

Many aspiring African soccer players leave home in search of a career with a European club. Only a few lucky ones succeed. Ivorian Baky Koné made it but decided to return home to help youths who dream of becoming professional soccer players.  

Gambia's youth between hope and frustration

Afrika Gambia Albreda - Dorf (picture-alliance/robertharding/J. Lightfoot)

Earlier this year, a change of government ended 22 years of dictatorship in Gambia. But not everyone is convinced that things will improve. DW's Adrian Kriesch has been to Bambali, a Gambian village with hardly any young men left. 

Webvideo: Libya's forgotten women

More than 250 female African migrants are detained in Surman in Western Libya. Many of them were arrested when they tried to cross the sea to Europe. In the center they lack basic services like health care, sanitation - and most of all hope.  

The painting of a migrant's journey

Eric Kamdem runs a shelter for migrants in the northern Malian city of Gao. He has a painting hung on the wall. It's a very special work of art.  

Mali Menschen Wüste (Getty Images/AFP/P. Desmazes)

Inside Gao's trafficking business

DW met a "coaxer" who promises migrants he'll put them in contact with traffickers who will take them through the desert. It's "a dirty business," as he admits.  

Projekt The Migration Dilemma (DW/J. Henrichmann)

Helping returnees in Niger

Migrants heading for Europe from central African nations often pass through Niger, but the country also sees a steady flow of people who are heading back home. The UN has four transit centers in Niger to help returnees.  

Many Africans dream about a better life in Europe. But reality often looks different. A new DW series explores a major challenge of our time: migration. It provokes hopes and fears, touches individuals and nations alike.
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Steps in the asylum process

Applying for asylum is a long and often complicated process, ranging from rigorous background checks to personal interviews.  

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Steps in the asylum process

The life of an illegal migrant

Why people are leaving

The risks of irregular migration

Legal ways for immigration

From people smuggler to football club owner

Bashir Ama was a people smuggler in Agadez, a desert city in Niger known until recently as the people-smuggling capital of Africa. But conditions have changed, and Bashir Ama has opted to fund a football team instead. 

Doctors Without Borders sails above the fray

Aboard the Prudence, Doctors Without Borders patrols the Mediterranean Sea, keeping a eye out for refugee boats in distress. So far, the NGO has refused to sign a new code of conduct imposed by the Italian government. DW joins the Prudence in action. 

Senegal DW-Dreharbeiten - Hinterbliebene von Flüchtlingen in Thiaroye-sur-mer (DW/G. Vollmer)

Despair in Senegal

Thiaroye-sur-mer in Senegal was home to hundreds of people thought to have drowned trying to reach Europe. One man who lost several family members has started a group to help people cope with their loss - and discourage others from taking the risk. This is the first report of the new DW series The Migration Dilemma.  

Senegalese apprenticeships from Germany

Senegal DW-Dreharbeiten - Hinterbliebene von Flüchtlingen in Thiaroye-sur-mer (DW/G. Vollmer)

At a time when many migrants are boarding boats for life-threatening journeys to what they can only hope is a better life in Europe, Dame Sylla is choosing to stay at home, get an apprenticeship and work in Senegal—thanks in part to a German charity. 

Senegal's migrants: the lure of 'somewhere else'

Senegal DW-Dreharbeiten - Hinterbliebene von Flüchtlingen in Thiaroye-sur-mer (Rechte: DW/G. Vollmer)

Tempted by the notion of 'easy migration' spread online and on television, many Senegalese are still attempting the perilous trip to Europe.  

DW's new multimedia project for West Africa

Mali Bamako - Debatte zu Migration (DW/D. Köpp)

Young West Africans face stark choices. Stay at home with little hope of a job in a country that is more authoritarian than democratic, or take your chances and try and get to Europe.  

The Migration Dilemma: 'If I die, it's bad luck'

Every year, tens of thousands of migrants from West Africa attempt the journey to Europe. Musa from Gambia almost died trying and had to return home. But that hasn't stopped his friends from wanting to try their luck.  

In the clutches of the traffickers

They hope for a better life - and they end up as sex slaves. Tens of thousands of young African migrants work as street prostitutes in Europe. Once they are in the clutches of the traffickers they find it hard to escape.