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  • čas přidán 26. 11. 2023
  • More than 30,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands in the Atlantic this year. Many of them come from Senegal.
    Tailor Abdoulaye is also keen to make the dangerous crossing, but he’s still having some doubts. Friends are telling him not to go, that it’s too risky. The journey takes many days out on the high seas to avoid western African nations’ coastguard patrols. Many don’t survive; their ramshackle boats sink or they drift off course and die of thirst. In cemeteries on the Canary Islands, there are more and more graves of unknown victims. The smallest island in the archipelago has taken in an especially high number of migrants from Africa. Mayor Juan Miguel Padron says his island is struggling to cope with the growing number of people who leave their homes searching for a better life. A report by Tessa Clara Walther.
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Komentáře • 772

  • @wildbill6366
    @wildbill6366 Před 5 měsíci +293

    These are not refugees these are opportunists.. there is a difference.

    • @greatboniwanker
      @greatboniwanker Před 5 měsíci

      Know who else was an opportunist? Wild Bill 😏

    • @MatthiasSchoner
      @MatthiasSchoner Před 5 měsíci

      @@A_R_B_Gyes, exactly !

    • @MatthiasSchoner
      @MatthiasSchoner Před 5 měsíci +5

      You have no idea about their life there at all , and clearly now enough compassion or intelligence to educate yourself on it

    • @paulrosberg2637
      @paulrosberg2637 Před 5 měsíci

      Thanks you!

    • @livingabroadthepodcast2021
      @livingabroadthepodcast2021 Před 5 měsíci +15

      europeans were opportunist in Africa too till to this day ...

  • @jankauffmann6899
    @jankauffmann6899 Před 5 měsíci +338

    Senegal, one of the most peaceful countries in West Africa, it is democratic with elections, have a large growing middle class. That person is not a refugee. Actually no one from Senegal should be considered refugees but as economic migrants.

    • @nederlander111
      @nederlander111 Před 5 měsíci +27

      Senegal is a French colony. Thats the reason why there is this much poverty.

    • @md2v4
      @md2v4 Před 5 měsíci +40

      Most of this migrants their former professions use to be fishing, hence you can notice the boats used. but nowadays since the seas in the senegambia region is been overfished by european and chinese trawlers, these folks are out competed and put out of business, they are no more fish to be easily found, fish is very expensive in senegal now, which wasn't they case couple of decades ago. Yes it the corrupt senegal government that signs the trading and fishing agreements with the european countries, to the detriment of their own poeple and local economy. You know the story, western back leaders signing deals to spite their peoples.

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot Před 5 měsíci

      @@nederlander111 Why would that make it poorer?
      Ex-colonies often thrive because of colonialism.

    • @extender21
      @extender21 Před 5 měsíci +39

      @@nederlander111 Senegal has been independent since 1960, that's 63 years ago.

    • @danger26102
      @danger26102 Před 5 měsíci

      In New York the NY media call them asylum seekers. Then they realised their crazy mistake and started to call them migrants. Even NBC was in collusion on the term they use.

  • @Antaquelas
    @Antaquelas Před 5 měsíci +94

    I work for a software company based in Spain but I live in Turkey. They asked me to move there. I have been gathering documents, paying for visa etc. for the past month. Then I have to go to Spanish embassy and have an interview. So it takes 3-4 months to get a work permit and a visa. Yet Spain also accepts people who arrive there via boat with no documentation. The system is broken.

    • @zac1976
      @zac1976 Před 4 dny +2

      Do you have the guts to go there on a boat,though?

  • @migo-migo9503
    @migo-migo9503 Před 5 měsíci +209

    What I hate is that people from poor countries think that once you're in a western world, money grows on trees. Friends and family will keep asking for handouts as if you can afford it. Also, they don't think about how much work it takes to just stay above water while working minimum wage jobs abroad.

    • @Woodesies
      @Woodesies Před 5 měsíci +23

      It's not their fault. The West touted itself as a place of prosperity and wealth. Don't blame the poor and the immigrants. Blame the billionaires and the corporations, the capitalists who have steered the West the way it is. This is one of the many dividends of infinite growth in a finite system.

    • @migo-migo9503
      @migo-migo9503 Před 5 měsíci +25

      @@Woodesies for my case, before moving abroad, it was more from rumors and exaggerations of the locals. Imo, the billionaires and corporations had nothing to do with it. That’s just another woke narrative, from how I see it.

    • @jpakos6701
      @jpakos6701 Před 5 měsíci

      The money doesnt grow on trees but are everywhere ....if you sit down in the door of a Supermarket you will get at least 3-4 euros ...you can EAT ...

    • @Scythra
      @Scythra Před 5 měsíci

      @@Woodesies Whataboutism reason huh? In any of your logic if the west is rich it's guilty. But if the west is poor then it is fine? That is a very demolishing mindset to have. Capitalism is bad for the billionare corporations I agree, but what is the alternative? Without capitalism we wouldn't even talk with each other on the internet, it wouldn't exist.

    • @margaretgabriel8123
      @margaretgabriel8123 Před 5 měsíci +4

      My dear that’s is what they don’t understand one bit even if you explain to them they think life is easy abroad we have to work more than one job just to keep us alive

  • @KJ-js7pi
    @KJ-js7pi Před 5 měsíci +30

    Look at how plump he is. He is not a refugee and the more he talks, the more he reveals he is an economic migrant. Nothing wrong with being an economic migrant, but he needs to have skills and talent that the other country wants rather than abuse the refugee system and exploit generosity.

    • @MrsUnderwriter
      @MrsUnderwriter Před 3 měsíci

      Actually there is very much wrong with economic migrants

  • @faith5563
    @faith5563 Před 5 měsíci +61

    He can't take it anymore, so his mom & huge extended family are left behind to fend for themselves

    • @mcback4384
      @mcback4384 Před 5 měsíci +1

      At least 5 people in 1 body been ate the food is absent

  • @kelsogirl562
    @kelsogirl562 Před 4 měsíci +40

    The whole family looks healthy, well-fed and well-dressed and he must have paid a lot of money for the boat trip. He's NOT fleeing poverty

  • @SnowWhiteArches
    @SnowWhiteArches Před 5 měsíci +502

    What war is happening in Senegal? Why you keep saying they’re refugees instead of economic migrants?

    • @RamSingh-hd6bg
      @RamSingh-hd6bg Před 5 měsíci +2

      Cause the leftist channel wants eu to be flooded with them nd create instability

    • @j.dunlop8295
      @j.dunlop8295 Před 5 měsíci +53

      Not starving, economic refugees!

    • @campobasso
      @campobasso Před 5 měsíci +39

      You have not listened. They said Senegalis are economic migrants, hence the yhave to go back.

    • @j4zappa
      @j4zappa Před 5 měsíci +20

      Literally the point that is made at minute 13 in this documentary.

    • @timothykangethe7700
      @timothykangethe7700 Před 5 měsíci

      Sad that Africans from the West Africa are heavily influenced by religious persuasions mixed up with smokes and mirrors belief systems...devoid of modern Economic Empowerment especially for the Youth and women.
      Maintaining a Colonial collaboration with deceptive foreign masters; who don't add value to betterment of life illustrates a broken socioeconomic systems plaguing Africa.

  • @gerryhouska2859
    @gerryhouska2859 Před 5 měsíci +111

    Abdoulaye is obviously not starving in Senegal. As a former refugee I can tell him starting with nothing in a country whose language you do not know is hard.

    • @deidradahl2802
      @deidradahl2802 Před 5 měsíci

      Correct. I have seen them in Italy, the young ladies with cardboard in hand along the highway waiting to prostitute themselves in the bushes, the young men into drug sales and '''parking'' cars, and taking photos to send back home that it is theirs. They have fertile land, wood and water back home, farm the land, and create their own Europe

    • @user-yt3rd7yk3s
      @user-yt3rd7yk3s Před 5 měsíci +4

      😂se comió lo suyo y lo de sus vecinos

  • @Chicago_Goofies
    @Chicago_Goofies Před 5 měsíci +147

    Is safer if they stay in their own countries

    • @chiefdavidrayfield
      @chiefdavidrayfield Před 5 měsíci

      It's safer if your leaders stop installing criminals in Africa. They should stay away from African politics. They should also stop illegally stealing our minerals. Else, what you are witnessing will be child's play when just 0.5 percent of the African population comes to your shores.

    • @Givemeproofkid
      @Givemeproofkid Před 5 měsíci +15

      If you didn’t overthrow governments!
      It would be safe.

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot Před 5 měsíci

      @@Givemeproofkid Animal Mother overthrows governments?
      Last time I checked it was world governments operating within corrupt democracies that do this.
      The majority of Westerners know nothing of the extent that NATO and the US have caused unrest and civil war within foreign countries.

    • @einhauchvontull5206
      @einhauchvontull5206 Před 5 měsíci +9

      I don't care. Go home!

    • @yeetian2774
      @yeetian2774 Před 5 měsíci +3

      In those countries One captain can overthrow their government

  • @MrUncleKiwi
    @MrUncleKiwi Před 5 měsíci +154

    For a poor family, the guy is pretty well fed....

    • @jerryharanczyk
      @jerryharanczyk Před 5 měsíci +6

      foodie in search of different tastes

    • @Gomes719
      @Gomes719 Před 5 měsíci +4

      In Africa they eat proper food

    • @mcback4384
      @mcback4384 Před 5 měsíci +11

      He's looking for hotdogs and some European chicken wings

    • @dennykeaton9701
      @dennykeaton9701 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Very well fed

    • @brickie59
      @brickie59 Před 5 měsíci +12

      The boat might sink if fat boy boards it.

  • @chrysalis4126
    @chrysalis4126 Před 5 měsíci +134

    Someone needs to tell these people in West Africa that life in Europe is not the rose tinted life they expect. They should be shown film of how migrants are treated and how the standard of living is not that great.

    • @karma56ism
      @karma56ism Před 5 měsíci +9

      Yes he needs to reconsider, it's a rough world but starting somewhere else is rougher! People in those other countries are being turned away, nowhere to sleep, no water and nothing to eat for days! It's not worth a dangerous trip! Remember the grass is not always greener on the other side!

    • @MarianLivingLife
      @MarianLivingLife Před 5 měsíci +16

      Exactly! There’s not as many opportunities in a different country. I was born in the UK and I have to work hard to afford the basics. It’s not just the journey they have to consider, it’s what will happen when they get there.

    • @margaretgabriel8123
      @margaretgabriel8123 Před 5 měsíci +3

      It’s every where is like that even in Australia as a migrant we get treated differently just because of skin colour

    • @Guus-qv2ef
      @Guus-qv2ef Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@margaretgabriel8123En Nigeria se tratan diferente (los más claros a los más oscuros)entre Nigerianos.

    • @vincentalakija5515
      @vincentalakija5515 Před 5 měsíci +2

      ​@@Guus-qv2efWhere in Nigeria does this happen? Because that is a lie

  • @HLondon32
    @HLondon32 Před 5 měsíci +31

    Should take them to a holding Center on arrival feed them make sure there good health after that horrific journey then send them straight back to Senegal they are economic migrants not refugees politicians play around to much this is why they come if they no there getting sent back every time they would not take the risk simple

  • @tituspullo9943
    @tituspullo9943 Před 5 měsíci +88

    Africa needs to provide for it's own people.

    • @NtandoYasmin_20
      @NtandoYasmin_20 Před 4 měsíci

      Lol people stole from Africa even now the presidents are providing for European countries than us our gold our coals

    • @riskinhos
      @riskinhos Před 3 měsíci +10

      and they could if europe and the west stopped exploiting them.

    • @kathyalex778
      @kathyalex778 Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@riskinhoseven africans know its their own govt not the europeans

    • @clockwork9825
      @clockwork9825 Před 3 měsíci

      @@riskinhosI don’t believe this

    • @riskinhos
      @riskinhos Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@clockwork9825 what you believe is completely irrelevant. facts don't change based on what you believe or not

  • @flipperspro69
    @flipperspro69 Před 5 měsíci +26

    Most migrants always thinks if they get to Europe they will earn money, but that’s not the reality!!! In Senegal the tailor can ask business partner to grew their business, but nope they want it all, earn, spend and no investment.

  • @tinabrenner3562
    @tinabrenner3562 Před 5 měsíci +11

    If they had less children they wouldn’t be so poor

  • @arthurthorne3664
    @arthurthorne3664 Před 5 měsíci +16

    If you don't close your borders and stop allowing thousands of people into the Canary Islands it will "sink" itself. Over population, crime, gangs etc etc Some times you need to look after yourself...

  • @drarthurs
    @drarthurs Před 5 měsíci +37

    Living in Europe is no dream, not for natives and much less for immigrants. Education, health, housing, food are all in constant crisis. Is it worthy to be so far away from your family, friends, culture and language with no prospect of seeing them again?

    • @esthersbucketlist
      @esthersbucketlist Před 5 měsíci +6

      It’s not worth it

    • @Koko70816
      @Koko70816 Před 9 dny

      My family migrated to Canada a decade ago, I will say it’s extremely hard to find your place. But there are much more opportunities in North America than in Europe for example, if you have a degree. As for my family, we were very fortunate as we worked very hard which let us go far. However, it is very different from a person to another. It was worth it in our case, I’d say.

  • @kellykreqeli8924
    @kellykreqeli8924 Před 4 měsíci +12

    People in Europe and the the uk are getting fed up with this
    Lots of countries are not great it doesn’t give people the right to flee a country just cause it’s not great to move to a better one it’s the put in this countries who have to put up with seeing the demographics of their country dramatically change and their lifestyle because tax payers and up having to pay out for these peoples accommodation and their lifestyle in our countries when many people in Europe and the uk are using food banks struggling to feed their own families and heat their homes and it’s driving peoples wages lower because they will work for less as well as many not showing respect for the countries they move to as we have seen in France and the uk
    A lot of these people that come illegally are a drain on a countries resources

  • @leavandenbosch9090
    @leavandenbosch9090 Před 5 měsíci +16

    I have the impression the tailor is not lacking food, it"s easier to build castles in the air

  • @davidcarter3284
    @davidcarter3284 Před 5 měsíci +41

    Doesn’t look hungry got a few extra pounds on

  • @JeffBilkins
    @JeffBilkins Před 5 měsíci +111

    The tailor doesn't know how awful it is to be a poor immigrant in modern Europe. If he can get a job at all it'll be worse then being with your family and your own boss even if poor.

    • @blackkissi
      @blackkissi Před 5 měsíci +2

      yup. He said so himself in the video

    • @mariafernandez7271
      @mariafernandez7271 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Well they have benefits reason why they go to spain i'm not racist but this is a fact and a problem spain is facing !

    • @vjsubbiah
      @vjsubbiah Před 5 měsíci +3

      Exchange rates will make difference

    • @dunjaausmosbach4898
      @dunjaausmosbach4898 Před 5 měsíci +1

      yes, stay in your own countries

    • @dickensmccain3129
      @dickensmccain3129 Před 5 měsíci +1

      he will do jobs that Europeans are too proud to do. Like taking care of the elderly

  • @atheistatheist6767
    @atheistatheist6767 Před 5 měsíci +16

    is europe has a responsibility to take care the whole world __??????

    • @bendybody
      @bendybody Před 5 měsíci

      Since they are exploiting Africa I’d say so

    • @themoroccanball
      @themoroccanball Před 4 měsíci

      Does Africa have to get every single resource getting looted by Europeans? See where that thinking leads?

  • @melvinjansen2338
    @melvinjansen2338 Před 5 měsíci +64

    Havent finished watching the documentary but what i always wonder is how in heavens name do they get those thousands to pay for the trip? Im 30 and never even seen such amounts of my money on my bank account, and i`m from western Europe. Might be my own problem ofcourse, i am a simple gardner... But still, he is a simple tailor.

    • @RamSingh-hd6bg
      @RamSingh-hd6bg Před 5 měsíci +21

      Most of them are higher middle class and have money to travel, they can get job easily but why to look for job when you have easier life, at least better than Africa and middle east. Thanks to mother Merkel

    • @melvinjansen2338
      @melvinjansen2338 Před 5 měsíci

      I see, in my country department of immigration is over capacity and refugees have to wait for years to be able to work. Hope its worth it to him.
      Btw in the video he says to the camera that he makes money to survive, but not enough to invest in his business? How does that work if you can pay 5000 Euro`s for an all inclusive to western Europe. Sounds like its a problem of not wanting to invest, instead of not beeing able to. Or there is more to the story i don`t understand. ohwell@@RamSingh-hd6bg

    • @mj-np9sy
      @mj-np9sy Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@RamSingh-hd6bg You seriously think people in the "higher middle class" wealth echelon would be ok with not working and living off of EU/DE handouts? Really? You know, you're right. I've always dreamt of not working. Screw this 240k/yr I make. Who wants a new car, big house and the ability to travel and do whatever I enjoy. I'll take the subsidies, baby! Hot dogs, spam and rice cereal for dinner for me!

    • @RamSingh-hd6bg
      @RamSingh-hd6bg Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@mj-np9sy the difference is that, where your life begins at birth, most of the people's dream is fulfilled at that point.
      Don't forget,it offers them hope of something, people in Europe are born with. I.e citizenship

    • @Liweiyang43
      @Liweiyang43 Před 5 měsíci

      Everybody in the family put money together and give them

  • @Truthseeker371
    @Truthseeker371 Před 5 měsíci +25

    Europe and the US should make videos to show the reality of miserable life there. Racism, unemployment, violence, poverty, and desperation is rampant in those countries. The economic fantasy is fallable. Many African nations have more hope for the future, if the politicians seriously combat against the corruption.

    • @user-vq9cb8ol2q
      @user-vq9cb8ol2q Před 5 měsíci +1

      Very true

    • @bendybody
      @bendybody Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you , i agree !

    • @MatthiasSchoner
      @MatthiasSchoner Před 5 měsíci

      🙏❤️ yes !

    • @MotownShaker
      @MotownShaker Před 4 měsíci +1

      I missed the part where it's Europes problem?

    • @bambina5604
      @bambina5604 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Life isn't miserable but it's not free. These people realistically have little to nothing to offer coming to Europe. They don't even make an effort to learn English which they could do from their phones.

  • @rallyramone
    @rallyramone Před 5 měsíci +123

    If you send them back every time, they stop coming. Best for everyone, and no more drowned bodies washing to shore. They are safer at home.

    • @watwenyyyy
      @watwenyyyy Před 5 měsíci +10

      until the economic problems solves in Africa I don't think this ships would stop any century

    • @AdventureSam
      @AdventureSam Před 5 měsíci +2

      Agreed.

    • @philipc2208
      @philipc2208 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Yes but this is the EU where common sense does not exist. Hence why it will not last 😊

    • @NoahLeicster1
      @NoahLeicster1 Před 5 měsíci +3

      They deserve a better life in Europe!!!

    • @triggabun
      @triggabun Před 5 měsíci +2

      You have never been desperate. The only thing that would stop me in their shoes is if I had children.
      Unfortunately the reality is we all wont have a good life. So let people try what they can and those countries can try what they can to stop them.
      Thats life

  • @bojack3827
    @bojack3827 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Europe needs to close its borders. Simple as that.

  • @othellojames5835
    @othellojames5835 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Senegal has a national budget of 7 billions dollars with a population of 18 million people. Corruption is their problem

  • @russeuro7944
    @russeuro7944 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Abdullah looks like he eats lots and lots of food.

  • @user-rw7jm4gn3f
    @user-rw7jm4gn3f Před 5 měsíci +132

    I think there needs to be a wider discussion about population control. Countries like Senegal have extreme poverty and large families which cannot afford to eat.

    • @pirrracy
      @pirrracy Před 5 měsíci +26

      Increase their quality of living by education, so they develop wealth and a middle-class, who will want to have less children so they can afford more things. Large families were traditionally needed due to most of the population doing agricultural work where its useful to have many children (to work for the family)... whereas in more modern society having lots of children is a liability (school fees, maternity leave conflicting with careers, etc).

    • @Weisior
      @Weisior Před 5 měsíci +32

      @@pirrracy And who is meant to do this? Europeans?

    • @pirrracy
      @pirrracy Před 5 měsíci +26

      @@Weisior For starters, the Catholic Church could stop condemning birth control. Islam could stop condemning vaccines. Like I said, education is the key; but religion doesn't want educated free thinkers. They want uneducated, submissive people.

    • @toyinoliviajibowu7807
      @toyinoliviajibowu7807 Před 5 měsíci +10

      The husbands also must take care of their families. I here them talking about their mothers but no mention of fathers.

    • @V.E.R.O.
      @V.E.R.O. Před 5 měsíci +14

      They look well fed though.

  • @girlinagale
    @girlinagale Před 5 měsíci +24

    Morocco to the Canaries is just 50 miles, but to go from Senegal to The Canaries is against the portuguese trade winds and over 900 miles. It's a a difficult passage.

  • @jasminealixandranorth
    @jasminealixandranorth Před 5 měsíci +18

    "The Strange Death of Europe" by Douglas Murray

  • @GoodLife-ru8di
    @GoodLife-ru8di Před 5 měsíci +10

    This well-fed man is complaining about his situation in Senegal. hmmm...

  • @robertdaws9995
    @robertdaws9995 Před 5 měsíci +11

    So the lucky charm couldn’t help him make money n live better life in his country but can help him travel safely
    What a serious scam
    I love the way they love their mothers makes me feel happy ❤

  • @Oz1991
    @Oz1991 Před 5 měsíci +26

    So many women refugees 😂

    • @incremental_failure
      @incremental_failure Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yeah they're all guys. When I lived in Asia, nearly all are African guys staying as "students".

  • @AdventureSam
    @AdventureSam Před 5 měsíci +28

    Although these people do need help I think this is the end of Western Europe. We should help these people so that they can stay in their countries through investment and infrastructure programs.

    • @cyberfunk3793
      @cyberfunk3793 Před 5 měsíci

      Invest in some dictatorship where the money goes to building the dictator a new palace?

    • @Thorsted67
      @Thorsted67 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Migration is not due to poverty but access to money and network to try to come. There is plenty of empirical date showing the reduction in poverty in poor countries increases migration as more get money to try to migrate.

    • @dedyiskandar
      @dedyiskandar Před 5 měsíci +1

      Experts and scholars said Wednesday that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has contributed immensely toward transforming Africa's developing economies through infrastructure development, unemployment reduction, and improved trade, among others. Europe should do the same.

    • @cyberfunk3793
      @cyberfunk3793 Před 5 měsíci

      @@dedyiskandar Most of the countries part of that can't pay China back so it will take the collateral like ports and other infrastructure. It's a strategic plan to help China, not Africa and ones they figured out they can't pay their debts they are not going to like China so much. Africans keep telling Europe needs to keep out of Africa so why don't we.

    • @AdventureSam
      @AdventureSam Před 5 měsíci

      @@Thorsted67 interesting point brother

  • @GianGomesVelasquez-cs8dg
    @GianGomesVelasquez-cs8dg Před 5 měsíci +7

    From 2018-2022 penal crimes from Subsaharan migrants is 3-to-1 ratio compared to Spanish citizens. 4-to-1 when it comes to Moroccans and Algerians, Europe has had enough, sure there are good people on those boats, but Europe needs to help Europeans first.

  • @Disrupting_Reality_NYC
    @Disrupting_Reality_NYC Před 5 měsíci +12

    How do these MEN expect their homelands to get better if they keep fleeing?

  • @raisonneur682
    @raisonneur682 Před 5 měsíci +5

    These are not refugees. Deutsche Welle is using a very outdated term.

  • @amedvedevs
    @amedvedevs Před 5 měsíci +5

    Why do coast guards don’t turn them back at leat won’t let enter waters ( boarders) ??? This is insane… learn from Poland for example… put army in border control with guns if needed , message shout be clear no ILLEGAL Immigrants , if you want to come do it legally and proper way

  • @royalmbwana
    @royalmbwana Před 4 měsíci +5

    Until when !😢 it's so depressing,as Africans we have to solve this mess on our own, Europe can't take us all,in one way or the other we have to mend the situation the African man is still suffering in this century 😢

  • @cool_cat007smoove3
    @cool_cat007smoove3 Před 5 měsíci +12

    These fools don't understand it's harder in Western Europe than in their own countries. Someone please educate them. You have to say No.. It's really sad.

  • @MENSA.lady2
    @MENSA.lady2 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Not a refugee among them, they are all economic migrants and should be refused permission to land.

  • @beepbeep1281
    @beepbeep1281 Před 5 měsíci +5

    DW Documentary please do another video like this but this time at Nicaragua, so many Senegalese taking that route to enter America.

    • @discounthub1401
      @discounthub1401 Před 5 měsíci

      Really? & crossing the Darien gap? What’s so bad about Senegal?

  • @nursetinalouise
    @nursetinalouise Před 3 měsíci +3

    The insistence of the young men to believe they’ll be able to earn good income and support their families, is such cognitive dissonance.

  • @somerandomfella
    @somerandomfella Před 5 měsíci +42

    What a clean beautiful beach our future generations will enjoy.

  • @Julia_Julia1723
    @Julia_Julia1723 Před 3 měsíci +3

    One “tourist” like this have tried to attack me at the beach of small spanish town. I don’t fell for them. Sorry

  • @TheKing75691
    @TheKing75691 Před 5 měsíci +9

    At some point we're going to have to start asking some of these Africans what are you doing to make things change, everybody can't just flea and look for a better life somebody has to stand up and fight

    • @bintokiria5338
      @bintokiria5338 Před 4 měsíci +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Magumbo58
      @Magumbo58 Před 3 měsíci

      They are fighting their corrupt leaders and being shot, jailed, tortured and intimidated. Here in Zimbabwe we have thugs in suits as gvt officials. And this country has a lot of very educated people, it's tragic. Most leave for Europe legally though, but those who go to neighbouring countries not all of them do so legally. That is why South Africa is complaining of illegal immigrants. The best thing is for African leaders to get their act together and work with their people to build a better Africa for all.

  • @deidradahl2802
    @deidradahl2802 Před 5 měsíci +24

    Instead of farming the fertile land, they risk their lives to travel illegally, then they complain of slavery. This happened in Jamaica recently, they were taken ashore, checked over then given enough food, water and petrol to take them right back to Haiti

    • @deidradahl2802
      @deidradahl2802 Před 5 měsíci

      @@johncbny True, this time they did, but on other occasions they sent them back on their own fishing boats. Not all these incidents are made public, they happen a lot

    • @deidradahl2802
      @deidradahl2802 Před 5 měsíci

      @@johncbnyYes, they do that sometimes, many are living in the countryside, helped by the natives

    • @deidradahl2802
      @deidradahl2802 Před 5 měsíci

      @@johncbny---Correct ,they can turn around and come right back, but the coast guard and helicopters are usually on the job

  • @clementgavi7290
    @clementgavi7290 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Last month at Togo there was 'Lome peace and security forum' its first edition
    This month Senegal has her Peace and Security Forum', its 9th edition.
    Both countries are in the same region of Africa
    Can't there be a coordination so the themes of fora are complementary?
    We have seen thousands of Africans n Lampedusa
    Here is about refugees in Canary Islands.
    There is no forum on these situations so those who have fled and who have the desire to ran away can feel their fates matter, this is why it becomes a topic of fora so they can maybe hope.

  • @MarcAntz
    @MarcAntz Před 4 měsíci +3

    And talk about why all of them prefer to pay more to come illegally than using their legal documents and come by plane. They could use the money to feed their family that they say needs help. Something to hide?

  • @piob9801
    @piob9801 Před 5 měsíci +29

    how would they provide jobs to all these migrants if they arrive by hundreds? they cant just live thru donations right?

    • @melvinjansen2338
      @melvinjansen2338 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Well the sad reality is, is that we do have jobs in western europe. Partly its the aftermath of covid and partly the sad fact that rich countries dont make babies. If we want to uphold our current quality of life, we need people.

    • @artistalexanderrobbie
      @artistalexanderrobbie Před 5 měsíci +1

      Correct

    • @artistalexanderrobbie
      @artistalexanderrobbie Před 5 měsíci +3

      Europe needs more workers, but it needs a better system to figure this out

    • @tuforu4
      @tuforu4 Před 5 měsíci

      Lots ARABS COMING.

    • @incremental_failure
      @incremental_failure Před 5 měsíci +1

      Forget hundreds. For Europe the numbers are now in the millions. They don't know the language, many cannot read/write, no qualifications outside of basic labor. Complete disaster.

  • @mathewomolo
    @mathewomolo Před 5 měsíci +6

    Finally a documentary with some nuance on this issue. Most times its made to look like EVERY young man in ALL African countries is just waiting for their turn to get on a boat to Europe.

  • @mariannesenn4806
    @mariannesenn4806 Před 5 měsíci +3

    If he has no money for investing in his business how can he pay for the boat? He should invest that money in his business and stay there. He doesn't look like if he has not enough to eat...

  • @30dk09
    @30dk09 Před 5 měsíci +40

    I really don't understand this. If they want to go to Europe, why don't they find an employer, get a worker's visa and safely and legaly enter the country? Does it even cross their mind?

    • @swishh7693
      @swishh7693 Před 5 měsíci +29

      Because they have no qualifications, don't speak the language, and do not know that they can do that. And even then it would cost them more than they will ever have.

    • @jcok505
      @jcok505 Před 5 měsíci +20

      U got to have some skills to get a job. What employer hires people, that arent even in the country yet... especially if they dont know the culture nor the language and more often then not dont have the necessary educational background. I also believe that most refugees are not that well integratable since its not the european ideals they want to live by. A lot just think about earning a living. But anybody that leaves his country really needs to respect and live by local law or go back home and make their own country like they want it to be.

    • @JP-oe4ry
      @JP-oe4ry Před 5 měsíci +15

      How naive are you?

    • @lm_b5080
      @lm_b5080 Před 5 měsíci +7

      in south africa we have millions of economic migrants from other african countries, who have ended up taking the jobs of the local people, big xenophobia issues happening

    • @30dk09
      @30dk09 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@jcok505 Europeans are aging and lack young work force. There are many jobs that don't require skills. In my country there are many jobs that locals don't want to do, and they are done by foreigners. By the way, the guy is a tailor, don't tell me he couldn't find a job in his field.

  • @youtubeblachblach
    @youtubeblachblach Před 4 měsíci +2

    hes so busy trying to get to europe but he wont help his mother by getting a job or helping her at the market?

  • @user-rm5wz7yd5q
    @user-rm5wz7yd5q Před 5 měsíci +16

    I traveled a lot in Africa as a tourist, but in non-touristy places. of course, the locals asked me for money everywhere, but they were kind and helpful, I really felt good with them. then I also had the opportunity to work in Africa with African people from different African countries. only then did I realize how endlessly lazy these people are. if they are not constantly monitored, they will do absolutely nothing. in the middle of the day, in the middle of the working day, they lay down in the grass and fell asleep. when it was time to get money for my work, they just laughed at me and said that I don't need money because I'm from Europe. when I showed them the contract, they started threatening to kill me. I had to inform my embassy about this in order to get the money and return home alive.
    ​instead of working, thinking, they pray, go to church and leave there the last penny they have. As long as the church is brainwashing them, there is no solution for these people.

    • @Africaly_
      @Africaly_ Před 5 měsíci +11

      Man you only met a group of Africans, that doesn't mean all Africans. Do you know the hard work Africans are doing here in Africa? Even in Europe and America, its Africans that do most of the labour jobs. Most African immigrants in Europe have 3 jobs they're doing dilligently everyday. You can't just make claims because of few people you've met.
      Again, there're beggars in Europe too, even with its better structure. Those locals asking u for money always wish they had jobs. Even lil kids in Africa knows how to hustle nd do things for themselves. I take offense as an African who knows the hard work my people are putting in to make ends meet.

    • @user-rm5wz7yd5q
      @user-rm5wz7yd5q Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Africaly_ , I believe you are offended because I call Africans lazy. but this is the harsh reality. it is not enough to work, you need to think. Africans are not capable of this. the only thing that matters to them is that they believe in God. they believe that god will help them. but when it doesn't help them, then they go to Europe. but even there they believe that God will help them.

    • @khanyizulu6083
      @khanyizulu6083 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Africa is a huge continent with 54 countries and more than a billion people. Those people you worked with do not represent us. I've also met some pretty lazy European, Chinese, and Indian people, but I don't hold the same beliefs as you do about those groups of people.

    • @user-rm5wz7yd5q
      @user-rm5wz7yd5q Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@khanyizulu6083 , i know Africa very well, i am a world traveler, been in many african countries so i probably know africa much more than africans who are born there.

    • @khanyizulu6083
      @khanyizulu6083 Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-rm5wz7yd5q Nah, you clearly know nothing about us. Like the first comment above said, Africans are some of the most hardworking people on this planet. You don't even need to go to Africa to see this, Africans are doing some of the most difficult and demanding jobs in Western countries.

  • @patriciacorcoran4582
    @patriciacorcoran4582 Před 3 měsíci +3

    He doesn't look hungry or sick to me .they just want money for nothing .

  • @Terraider
    @Terraider Před 5 měsíci +14

    There needs to be more investment in Africa not exploitation of its natural resources and better roads, schools to boost their local economies

    • @mariaborboleta7537
      @mariaborboleta7537 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Já há muito investimento em África,as estradas levam nos a sair dos países mais rapidamente e a Europa tem acordos de milhoes de euros anualmente com países africanos,pela "devolução"de alguns dos seus cidadãos. É África q tem q olhar pelos seus.

    • @manovrsb
      @manovrsb Před 5 měsíci +2

      Alright who's gonna pay for it. It doesn't appear like magic.

    • @charlie-ot5ug
      @charlie-ot5ug Před 5 měsíci +4

      Africa's problem is corrupt politicians lining their own pockets. The continent has huge mineral deposits but the citizens remain poor.

    • @manovrsb
      @manovrsb Před 5 měsíci

      @charlie-ot5ug can the citizens eat the minerals you boast so much about ??? Keep in mind the topic is infrastructure, it's easier to line your pockets with money from contracts it's much harder to create development which costs millions.

    • @anthonymanderson7671
      @anthonymanderson7671 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@charlie-ot5ug that's the thing especially in equatorial guinea where there is much oil but 75% of the population doesn't benefit from it and leaves below the poverty line and yet you have a president's son who is a vice president enjoying the luxurious life inside and outside the country. Greed has made africa miserable.

  • @swiatlojest9136
    @swiatlojest9136 Před 5 měsíci +3

    This is a top issue, what is Frontex doing? All the tax money if going where? Draft a policy to return all these immigrants back with high penalties if they try to come back. Dont promise anything to them. Look at Sweden, Belgium. All due to the careless decision of Aunt Merkel. I refuse to have any security issues in my country. We should not let such a thing happen!

  • @khatpe2580
    @khatpe2580 Před 5 měsíci +11

    The continent Africa is a huge and I just whant to know, why there is no single county, where people can just live and build up their life.

    • @kiavashzare6584
      @kiavashzare6584 Před 5 měsíci +1

      There are some like Rwanda

    • @Mr1329932
      @Mr1329932 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Because there isn’t unity between the people of Africa. Or it’s not a cultural thing there

    • @Luk012NW
      @Luk012NW Před 5 měsíci

      Please search South Africa because we surely live here

    • @MarianLivingLife
      @MarianLivingLife Před 5 měsíci +1

      There is. There are millionaires in Nigerian, Kenya, Ghana, Congo. There is a thriving tourism industry in many African countries as well as resources. There is also corruption from governments and lots of misinformation about African countries. It’s not all starving people and people trying to get to Europe. Do some research.

    • @MarianLivingLife
      @MarianLivingLife Před 5 měsíci

      @@Mr1329932absolute nonsense. Have you visited any African countries? There is unity, you’re just brainwashed by the media.

  • @segurosincero4057
    @segurosincero4057 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Looks like his family has overcome anorexia. I hope they realize their dreams.

  • @mrinmoybanik5598
    @mrinmoybanik5598 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Economics really amazes me! Why do some economies do so much better than other even sharing almost the same geographic region and resources? Is it even possible to eradicate poverty? And how exactly does one quantify wealth? The presence of poorer people in his/her immediate surroundings?

    • @incremental_failure
      @incremental_failure Před 5 měsíci

      What I've noticed is that 3rd world/poorer country people have zero principles. They complain about poverty, corruption, disease and then turn around pay/demand bribes, pollute their areas and rest of the time drink or just enjoy life. By inviting them to Europe, you bring Europe down to their level.

    • @sokhnaniang1837
      @sokhnaniang1837 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Because of corrupted leaders 😢😢we have 700 plus km of seafront, we have land, started having gold, oil and gaz, we have rivers and some of our lands are very fertile ( indians, spanish to name a few have wide fields accross the coutry) but our leaders are not helping us enough to benefit feom it (education, funding..etc)

  • @cedude69
    @cedude69 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Return to Sender before Europe falls!!

  • @TopG2035
    @TopG2035 Před 5 měsíci +4

    His mom need to sell smth on the market or he get my money at my work. He can not live like this anymore.. What he expect life in Eu is? Siting on the couch and get money from government just because he lives in Germany?! He will need to work

  • @henrilindroos3029
    @henrilindroos3029 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Bro is equipped with magical water and an amulet, waiting to go to burden social welfare system of europe to help fund his family's renovation plans, abandoning them just to visit occasionally with tax-payer money. WHAT A MESS!

  • @salembouzid502
    @salembouzid502 Před 5 měsíci +6

    nice documentary👍👍👍👍👍

  • @iriemon_onelove
    @iriemon_onelove Před 3 měsíci +2

    Stop offering them assistance, they will stop coming.

  • @sky-pv7ff
    @sky-pv7ff Před 5 měsíci +3

    Can you imagine when they practically run out of food and water. Maybe a few were wise to conserv the food. But others may kill you for it.

  • @SeeLasSee
    @SeeLasSee Před 5 měsíci +4

    These people need to industrialize their countries. In most ways this is easier and safer than 150 years ago, but in some ways it’s significantly harder. They’ve got to do it since most of the world does not want to live a traditional subsistence based agricultural life. We should assist them with funding low interest loans for environmentally friendly electricity generation and more.

  • @richardgodfrey921
    @richardgodfrey921 Před 5 měsíci +2

    BABIES WOMEN AND CHILDREN?? WHERE? THIS IS CRAZY, THESE ARE NOT REFUGEES!

  • @davidm5417
    @davidm5417 Před 5 měsíci +2

    why do DW call them refugees?

  • @catclaw7462
    @catclaw7462 Před 3 měsíci +2

    He says i cant live like this anymore, i know if i can get to England I'll move into a Premier Inn lovely jubley

  • @Kris-xh6wk
    @Kris-xh6wk Před 5 měsíci +2

    It looks like they have McDonald's in Senegal 😂

  • @aaronaustrie
    @aaronaustrie Před 5 měsíci +2

    Rather unfortunate!

  • @gregorydesleskine3413
    @gregorydesleskine3413 Před 5 měsíci +18

    Warm greetings from down here in South Africa. After watching video clips of the shambles in the UK and other European countries regarding the hordes of mass immigration that have taken place. We're sitting with a terribly corrupt government here, with close to 40% unemployment rate and failing infrastructure on a grand scale. Our borders are a complete joke and the masses from up north keep piling in. South Africa is now ranked among the top ten countries in the world when it comes to organised crime. That's according to the latest crime index by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.

    • @Magumbo58
      @Magumbo58 Před 3 měsíci

      South Africa has always had very high crime rate it's nothing new but yes it may be made worse by some immigrants who enter SA with high hopes of employment only to realise it's not a bed of roses, even South Africans themselves are dealing with high unemployment rate. African leaders need to get their act together. We must fix our countries amd support those who are trying to rebuild their countries, instead of having a big boys club of dictators and corrupt thugs in suits. If things are well in one's country, there would be no desire or need to go to a neighboring country

    • @Tribuneoftheplebs
      @Tribuneoftheplebs Před 3 měsíci

      Most black people in South Africa are descended from migration waves that moved south decades ago because of how wealthy apartheid SA was. Realistically you are all migrants to the area from further north where bantus originate from. The only people indigenous to the land are khoi-san.

  • @useall7665
    @useall7665 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Once a butifull place, wont be back.

  • @ariamason9324
    @ariamason9324 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Magical water and charms...this is the problem

  • @Mark-iu8mr
    @Mark-iu8mr Před 5 měsíci +2

    There crossing for something. If you stand down there with nice stuff like flats cars and food cause there gonna keep coming.tell em to f off simple as that

  • @shutup2751
    @shutup2751 Před 5 měsíci +2

    you have to go back

  • @williamdrijver4141
    @williamdrijver4141 Před 5 měsíci +36

    Once you let them arrive it only gets much worse. The arrivals app their friends and family, and they too get underway. That's why the soft approach does not work. Zero tolerance is the only solution.

    • @ernesin149
      @ernesin149 Před 5 měsíci

      The only solution is for the EU/USA/NATO to stop keeping their colonies in Africa, give them autonomy, and let them grow back again. They are not evil, they are victims of the European/American greed.
      Same with the middle east. So many conflicts are kept just for power and business, selling weapons and all. Any of us would flee our countries if we find ourselves endangered by riots, bombs, and hunger.

    • @moussambaye5815
      @moussambaye5815 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Zero tolerance for you too

  • @hatimnaji9589
    @hatimnaji9589 Před 5 měsíci +3

    We sufferer in foreign lands so our mothers will live good back home

  • @dunjaausmosbach4898
    @dunjaausmosbach4898 Před 5 měsíci +8

    no, do not leave. Stay in your own place. You are not welcome in Europe

  • @edmundmawlong9116
    @edmundmawlong9116 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Its better to stand united and fight against corrupted leaders than leaving your country,when you think life is hard in your own land what will it be in a foreign land where you know no one,think before chasing a false dream.

  • @colombe035
    @colombe035 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Immigrants people from Senegal are not refugees

  • @milokliz2616
    @milokliz2616 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Send them to Haiti

  • @irina23256
    @irina23256 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Why did they trash the beach?

  • @wm9669
    @wm9669 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Please stay and try harder. You have your mum and family. You look healthy and not starving. You country is not at war.
    Please stay.

  • @janetleeadams7287
    @janetleeadams7287 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The tailor earns just enough to survive. He doesn't realize that most all people everywhere do just the same--earn just enough to survive. To survive: food water clothing protection. If you earn 100 euros a month and can survive it is the same as if you earn 1,000 euros a month and just survive. Stay in your home country with your family and survive together.

  • @sainabounjie4596
    @sainabounjie4596 Před 14 dny +1

    The documentation clearly indicates that he is not a refugee but an economic migrant. There are many legal visa routes skilled personnel can utilize to bridge the gap in USA and European countries. The honest truth is illegal migration should be a considered a crime which will lead to incarceration, we should respect each nation's borders.

  • @jm8280
    @jm8280 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I think the government need to stop people at the border of the departing countries. If these people are seeking economic refuge which many are they need to go through the proper channels. It doesn't make sense for a person who is a poor health and no skills to try to make a journey to a country where they are not able to surrive.

  • @fatumakapindula
    @fatumakapindula Před 5 měsíci +3

    I hope to see how he reached Europe, the west African dream. 🤔🤔

  • @samsmith2635
    @samsmith2635 Před 5 měsíci +1

    10:25 People been sailing to Senegal for 1000 years, these people don't know how to sail? Build a boat big enough to make the Journey properly?

  • @chika4607
    @chika4607 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Going on a boat by sea is the most selfish thing you can do to your family and to humanity.

  • @terryjacob8169
    @terryjacob8169 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Anyone got any submarines close to the Canary Islands ?

  • @masauso100
    @masauso100 Před 5 měsíci +22

    Our leaders have failed our great continent. Its so painful to see the risk these guys are taking just to fight for a better life.

    • @maqic1979
      @maqic1979 Před 5 měsíci

      Your liders are corrupted, Just change them and change mentality to be very against corruption. IN Poland we did IT, last century Poland was poor and stronlgy corrupted with huge crime on the streets. All the Best for Africa 🎉🎉🎉 dont stand witam Russia ornchine they will corrupt africa even stronger

    • @hybridarmyoffreeworld
      @hybridarmyoffreeworld Před 5 měsíci

      you´d not attack your former colonial masters , communism never pays off

    • @dunjaausmosbach4898
      @dunjaausmosbach4898 Před 5 měsíci +6

      they should take their future in their own hands and stay in their countries and build their live there.

    • @KandaEzana
      @KandaEzana Před 5 měsíci +3

      Correction, Africans have failed Africa...

    • @masauso100
      @masauso100 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@KandaEzana no our leadership has failed us. Our people are trying, I can't blame them.

  • @barbarasara4033
    @barbarasara4033 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Children are guilty. Why would you bring a child into this world while you cannot afford it. ?????

  • @unlocking_potential123
    @unlocking_potential123 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I am so hooked in watching Documentary videos like this.

  • @pedromarques9267
    @pedromarques9267 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I was more of a refugee than those folks when I had to flee to my friend's house because of my mum PMS. They are basically the equivalent of fleeing your house because your mum didn't buy you chocolate cookies..

    • @IK_MK
      @IK_MK Před 5 měsíci

      The Senegalese government is like if your mom said she's going to get the groceries...and never came back

    • @pedromarques9267
      @pedromarques9267 Před 5 měsíci

      @@IK_MK Great analogy there

  • @jose-Maki
    @jose-Maki Před 5 měsíci +8

    No such thing as a refugee when you have your whole destination planned out, a refugee is someone who goes anywhere safe not where the money is....