Creeping Death
09-13-2009, 10:06 PM
Senegal's youths dream of Europe (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8251029.stm)
Senegal was once the starting point for thousands of Africans trying to reach a better life, but has the economic downturn led to a reduction in the numbers seeking a new start? Will Ross reports from the West African state.
I could not have ignored Mustapha if I had tried. The young fisherman was wearing a fluorescent yellow football shirt, Barcelona's away strip to be precise, which must have been designed for games played in thick fog. African migrants in fishing boat Hundreds of thousands of Africans have perished trying to get to Europe
Chatting beside his elaborately painted wooden fishing boat in the sun soaked Senegalese fishing village of Yoff, it was clear that Mustapha wanted a lot more than a Spanish football top - he wanted a life in Spain.
"If a boat was setting off tomorrow I would jump in it," he told me, adding that he had two brothers there already. One works in a factory, the other sells belts and sunglasses on the Spanish streets.
I asked if he had any idea how the Spanish economy was doing. Mustapha said that one of his brothers who supported the entire family back home in Senegal had not sent any money for a few months.
"I hear times are tough there but it must still be better there than here," he said.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44825000/jpg/_44825786_migrants2262afp.jpg
Same thing for America except make that Mexicans and Central Americans. They treat America like a suburb they can come and go from as they please. And pull their law breaking BS that they would be too scared to do at home.
America and Europe - The lands Of The Free Stuff, The civilized world is being overrun by parasites.
Senegal was once the starting point for thousands of Africans trying to reach a better life, but has the economic downturn led to a reduction in the numbers seeking a new start? Will Ross reports from the West African state.
I could not have ignored Mustapha if I had tried. The young fisherman was wearing a fluorescent yellow football shirt, Barcelona's away strip to be precise, which must have been designed for games played in thick fog. African migrants in fishing boat Hundreds of thousands of Africans have perished trying to get to Europe
Chatting beside his elaborately painted wooden fishing boat in the sun soaked Senegalese fishing village of Yoff, it was clear that Mustapha wanted a lot more than a Spanish football top - he wanted a life in Spain.
"If a boat was setting off tomorrow I would jump in it," he told me, adding that he had two brothers there already. One works in a factory, the other sells belts and sunglasses on the Spanish streets.
I asked if he had any idea how the Spanish economy was doing. Mustapha said that one of his brothers who supported the entire family back home in Senegal had not sent any money for a few months.
"I hear times are tough there but it must still be better there than here," he said.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44825000/jpg/_44825786_migrants2262afp.jpg
Same thing for America except make that Mexicans and Central Americans. They treat America like a suburb they can come and go from as they please. And pull their law breaking BS that they would be too scared to do at home.
America and Europe - The lands Of The Free Stuff, The civilized world is being overrun by parasites.