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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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When the 2015 migration surge to Europe began, Spain employed one of the most technologically advanced border-control systems in Europe: the Integrated External Vigilance System, or SIVE (the Spanish acronym). Jacob says he spent somewhere between three and four years trying to migrate from Guinea to Spain. Meantime, the E.U.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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The journey to Mauritania also attracted me because it went through Southern Spain and Morocco, where I had never been before. Eleven euros for a bottle of water? After a good night’s sleep, I continued my journey through Spain. This is really short considering I had been traveling for more than three years to Australia.