Looking Past Danger With Determination

Mamoud Wane, 27, made money buying and selling fish in Nouadhibou to make the trip to the Canary Islands. He paid $350 to board a fishing boat with 57 other immigrants, but the boat's captain turned the leaky vessel back after a day and a half at sea. Wane didn't get his money back.

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