"Emigration is no longer a solution it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.“


-Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Emigration is no longer a solution it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

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