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Immigrants Seek New Path in Mauritania

 Thousands of Africans seeking a way out of punishing poverty of their home countries have fled by boat in the Mediterranean toward European locales. Now, with crackdowns making those routes increasingly impassable, the beaches of Mauritania are the newest back door into Europe.
Thousands of Africans seeking a way out of punishing poverty of their home countries have fled by boat in the Mediterranean toward European locales. Now, with crackdowns making those routes increasingly impassable, the beaches of Mauritania are the newest back door into Europe.  Click to View Photos >>

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