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Mauritania as a Transit Country for Migrants

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Mauritania is a major transit country for West African migrants travelling to Europe via the Canary Islands, the Atlantic Highway. According to the Spanish authorities, up to 83% of migrants arriving there transit through Mauritania. For the United Nations, migrants from the Sahel rose from 57,000 in 2019 to more than 112,000 in 2023! The crossing is far from being a long, quiet river. Indeed, some candidates for Europe can spend several years i…
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Mauritania is a major transit country for West African migrants travelling to Europe via the Canary Islands, the Atlantic Highway. According to the Spanish authorities, up to 83% of migrants arriving there transit through Mauritania. For the United Nations, migrants from the Sahel rose from 57,000 in 2019 to more than 112,000 in 2023! The crossing is far from being a long, quiet river. Indeed, some candidates for Europe can spend several years i…

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Mondafrique broke the news in on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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