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What drives African migrants to risk their lives?

Topic
Immigration
Country/Region
Africa EU

29 October 2019

"A UN study says that a majority of irregular migrants who made the fraught journey from Africa to Europe would do so again, despite knowing the dangers of the trip. Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), explains why."

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