Pursuits
Migrant Dream Realized: Coming Home to Africa, With Money
- Returned migrants use money saved in Europe to open businesses
- Remittances exceed aid and foreign investment in Senegal
Humanitarian Response Called for EU Refugee Crisis
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As people fleeing their homelands braved the risk of drowning to sail north toward Europe this year, Ibrahima Sarr crossed the Mediterranean in the other direction.
He came home to Senegal, after almost a decade hawking counterfeit Louis Vuitton handbags on Spain’s southern beaches, to fulfill his dream of starting a business.