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'Europe is not paradise': one man's mission to stop Senegal’s youth dying at sea – video
The migration route from Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands is one of the world's deadliest, with young people often attempting the journey in flimsy fishing canoes. Moustapha Diouf, a Senegalese fisher, once tried to make the voyage himself, seeking a better life in Europe for his family, but catastrophe struck and he lost several friends on the way. Now back in Dakar, he is trying to persuade young fishers not to make the same journey, helping them instead to set up small businesses. But with fish stocks dwindling due to EU trawlers operating off Senegal's coast, work has evaporated and many are increasingly desperate, with more and more choosing to risk it all for the chance of a better life
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