Morocco, September 2007
Morocco, September 2007

Mohamed at a barber. Southern Morocco.
 

Morocco, August, 2008
Morocco, August, 2008

Mohamed, a young and unemployed Moroccan looks at the sea in southern Morocco.

Morocco, September 2007
Morocco, September 2007

Playing pool on a summer evening, southern Morocco

Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Oct. 13 2007
Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Oct. 13 2007

Mohamed walks back from the port in Sidi Ifni after his first attempt failed. The traffickers didn't have a boat and stole his money.

Morocco, April 4, 2008
Morocco, April 4, 2008

Young Moroccans pushing a plastic boat into the Atlantic Ocean to try to sail illegally to Spain's Canary islands. The boat sunk after a few waves,  around 2am in the morning.

Morocco, August 25, 2007
Morocco, August 25, 2007

Mohamed sleeps in the afternoon in a house of a friend in southern Morocco. He is trying to make contact with smugglers for his first attempt to try to illegally sail to Europe. He would eventually succeed to reach Spain by boat on his 3rd attempt one year from now.

Morocco, August 28, 2008
Morocco, August 28, 2008

Mohamed and a friend listen to music in a bus, southern Morocco

Morocco, Sept. 21, 2007
Morocco, Sept. 21, 2007

Mohamed in an Hamam, southern Morocco

Morocco, Mirleft, August 15 2008
Morocco, Mirleft, August 15 2008

Mohamed killing time playing soccer on a beach in South Morocco while waiting to hear from traffickers.
 

Morroco, Tiznit, Oct. 14 2007
Morroco, Tiznit, Oct. 14 2007

Mohamed and Ahmed in a restaurant, they suspect that the traffickers they gave money to stole it.

Morocco, Tiznit, Sept. 2008
Morocco, Tiznit, Sept. 2008

Mohamed and Ahmed try to reach a smuggler by phone.

Morocco, Sidi Ifni, October 13, 2007
Morocco, Sidi Ifni, October 13, 2007

Mohamed travels early morning with other migrants in the back of a minivan away from the port of the coastal town Sidi Ifni after their attempt to get into a boat heading for Europe failed in the night.

Morocco, September 6 2008
Morocco, September 6 2008

Migrants push a makeshift boat onto a Land Rover to drive through the desert to the Atlantic Ocean and try to sail illegally to Spain's Canary Islands.

Morocco, September 6, 2008
Morocco, September 6, 2008

Preparing the boat on a beach and waiting for the right current to sail the Atlantic Ocean to Spain's Canary Islands.

Atlantic Ocean, September 7 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7 2008

Mohamed sails illegally to Spain's Canary Islands in a makeshift boat, the blue paint is still wet.

Atlantic Ocean, September 6, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 6, 2008

The trip over the Atlantic Ocean will take more then 34 hours.

Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 6, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 6, 2008
September 2008
September 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008

Migrants sail illegally to Spain's Canary Islands. seen on the horizon.

Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 7 2008
Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 7 2008

Migrants try to reach Spain's Canary Islands.

Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008

Mohamed after more then one day at sea

Spain, Lanzarote, Sept. 7 2008
Spain, Lanzarote, Sept. 7 2008

Migrants arrive on Spain's Canary Islands after sailing the Atlantic Ocean for more then 34 hours.

Spain, September 7 2008
Spain, September 7 2008

They arrive on a small island, La Graciosa, north of Lanzarote and are all arrested within one hour.

Spain, Fuerteventura, Oct. 10 2008
Spain, Fuerteventura, Oct. 10 2008

Mohamed calls home after he has just been released from prison on the Canary Islands.

Tenerife, October 13, 2008
Tenerife, October 13, 2008

The Spanish authorities couldn't determine his origin and let him after one month out of prison.

Gran Canaria, February 3, 2009
Gran Canaria, February 3, 2009

24-year old Mohamed in the room of a shelter where he is staying while he is applying for asylum. He later had to leave the place after his asylum request got denied after which he traveled to mainland Europe.

Spain, December 30, 2009
Spain, December 30, 2009

Mohamed waits in line for food aid distribution at a church.

Spain, Gran Canaria, Feb. 2009
Spain, Gran Canaria, Feb. 2009

Mohamed in the house of a friend

Spain, January 1, 2010
Spain, January 1, 2010

Mohamed, a 25-year old Moroccan, in a room he shares with Mounir   who came to Europe by hiding in a truck.

Spain, December 26, 2009
Spain, December 26, 2009

Mohamed at night in a Bolivian nightclub in northern Spain with Moroccan friends.

Spain, Gran Canaria, February 2009
Spain, Gran Canaria, February 2009

Mohamed

Spain, Vecindario, February 1, 2009
Spain, Vecindario, February 1, 2009

Mohamed on a terrace close to the shelter where he is staying while he is applying for asylum.

Morocco, September 2007
Morocco, August, 2008
Morocco, September 2007
Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Oct. 13 2007
Morocco, April 4, 2008
Morocco, August 25, 2007
Morocco, August 28, 2008
Morocco, Sept. 21, 2007
Morocco, Mirleft, August 15 2008
Morroco, Tiznit, Oct. 14 2007
Morocco, Tiznit, Sept. 2008
Morocco, Sidi Ifni, October 13, 2007
Morocco, September 6 2008
Morocco, September 6, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 6, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 6, 2008
September 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 7 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Spain, Lanzarote, Sept. 7 2008
Spain, September 7 2008
Spain, Fuerteventura, Oct. 10 2008
Tenerife, October 13, 2008
Gran Canaria, February 3, 2009
Spain, December 30, 2009
Spain, Gran Canaria, Feb. 2009
Spain, January 1, 2010
Spain, December 26, 2009
Spain, Gran Canaria, February 2009
Spain, Vecindario, February 1, 2009
Morocco, September 2007

Mohamed at a barber. Southern Morocco.
 

Morocco, August, 2008

Mohamed, a young and unemployed Moroccan looks at the sea in southern Morocco.

Morocco, September 2007

Playing pool on a summer evening, southern Morocco

Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Oct. 13 2007

Mohamed walks back from the port in Sidi Ifni after his first attempt failed. The traffickers didn't have a boat and stole his money.

Morocco, April 4, 2008

Young Moroccans pushing a plastic boat into the Atlantic Ocean to try to sail illegally to Spain's Canary islands. The boat sunk after a few waves,  around 2am in the morning.

Morocco, August 25, 2007

Mohamed sleeps in the afternoon in a house of a friend in southern Morocco. He is trying to make contact with smugglers for his first attempt to try to illegally sail to Europe. He would eventually succeed to reach Spain by boat on his 3rd attempt one year from now.

Morocco, August 28, 2008

Mohamed and a friend listen to music in a bus, southern Morocco

Morocco, Sept. 21, 2007

Mohamed in an Hamam, southern Morocco

Morocco, Mirleft, August 15 2008

Mohamed killing time playing soccer on a beach in South Morocco while waiting to hear from traffickers.
 

Morroco, Tiznit, Oct. 14 2007

Mohamed and Ahmed in a restaurant, they suspect that the traffickers they gave money to stole it.

Morocco, Tiznit, Sept. 2008

Mohamed and Ahmed try to reach a smuggler by phone.

Morocco, Sidi Ifni, October 13, 2007

Mohamed travels early morning with other migrants in the back of a minivan away from the port of the coastal town Sidi Ifni after their attempt to get into a boat heading for Europe failed in the night.

Morocco, September 6 2008

Migrants push a makeshift boat onto a Land Rover to drive through the desert to the Atlantic Ocean and try to sail illegally to Spain's Canary Islands.

Morocco, September 6, 2008

Preparing the boat on a beach and waiting for the right current to sail the Atlantic Ocean to Spain's Canary Islands.

Atlantic Ocean, September 7 2008

Mohamed sails illegally to Spain's Canary Islands in a makeshift boat, the blue paint is still wet.

Atlantic Ocean, September 6, 2008

The trip over the Atlantic Ocean will take more then 34 hours.

Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008
Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 6, 2008
September 2008
Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008

Migrants sail illegally to Spain's Canary Islands. seen on the horizon.

Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 7 2008

Migrants try to reach Spain's Canary Islands.

Atlantic Ocean, September 7, 2008

Mohamed after more then one day at sea

Spain, Lanzarote, Sept. 7 2008

Migrants arrive on Spain's Canary Islands after sailing the Atlantic Ocean for more then 34 hours.

Spain, September 7 2008

They arrive on a small island, La Graciosa, north of Lanzarote and are all arrested within one hour.

Spain, Fuerteventura, Oct. 10 2008

Mohamed calls home after he has just been released from prison on the Canary Islands.

Tenerife, October 13, 2008

The Spanish authorities couldn't determine his origin and let him after one month out of prison.

Gran Canaria, February 3, 2009

24-year old Mohamed in the room of a shelter where he is staying while he is applying for asylum. He later had to leave the place after his asylum request got denied after which he traveled to mainland Europe.

Spain, December 30, 2009

Mohamed waits in line for food aid distribution at a church.

Spain, Gran Canaria, Feb. 2009

Mohamed in the house of a friend

Spain, January 1, 2010

Mohamed, a 25-year old Moroccan, in a room he shares with Mounir   who came to Europe by hiding in a truck.

Spain, December 26, 2009

Mohamed at night in a Bolivian nightclub in northern Spain with Moroccan friends.

Spain, Gran Canaria, February 2009

Mohamed

Spain, Vecindario, February 1, 2009

Mohamed on a terrace close to the shelter where he is staying while he is applying for asylum.

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