The African fisherman stopping migrant 'death boats' to Europe

[@theGuardian]

Moustapha has a Go Fund Me for his charity to help prevent Senegal's youth dying at sea: www.gofundme.com/f/reduce-migrant-death-in-west-africa?fbclid=IwY2xjawGETrVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHR1fcz4NawmPR6rFclvsHh65K2a4ic7GGAR27jSfyIaAp9AtJjIwCaCRUA_aem_ytEunympY5xkD6od00rW9Q

[@miguelgr11]

Do a go fund me to get european fishing ships out of their seas

[@tula1433]

@@miguelgr11why don’t YOU do a go fund me instead of sitting around barking orders. You’re in the same boat as the men in this video. Sitting around waiting for someone else to make the change happen!

[@JustinPuyear]

@@miguelgr11 I don’t think you understand how go fund me works 😂

[@CP44593]

From an African....Thank you for sharing the reality of emigration from the lived experience of the people .

[@theGuardian]

Thank you very much for watching and commenting.

[@rulerofkripsy9143]

⁠@@stanhunt8543 you provide proof . Because they don’t get benefits and work cheaper and commit less crime the locals. But lazy euros blame others as usual. And steal from their countries.

[@mildlydispleased3221]

I love how he speaks French to the interviewer and Wolof to other people in the town.

[@ananse77]

He also speaks French to the towns people, including the children.

[@NUCLEARNIRVANA999]

Well alot of african have French in them

[@filipkogut8533]

43% of the world is bilingual. Less people speak 1 language than 2 languages.

[@firmfire2385]

Not to be that guy, but you said 43% so slightly more people speak 1 language than 2​@@filipkogut8533

[@firmfire2385]

​@@filipkogut8533still, that is a lower number than I thought

[@marinakukso]

Thank you for sharing the actual words of people who are facing these impossible decisions.

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for your kind comments

[@jevonwilliams4579]

The Europeans caused this problem

[@Oharadanny123abcdefg]

The decisions are not forced. They are choices. Life is hard in many places. Not everybody decides to get in a canoe to make a journey of hundreds of miles to likely fail to successfully claim asylum in a western country.

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

They have very limited choices to choose from. They are a fishing town with fishing as their source of livelihood and income. Take that away from them by the big western boats taking all their fish and they have nothing- no income, less food. They can either follow the big western boats with hopes that they may somehow survive the treacherous journey or stay where they are, do nothing and still not survive.

[@c4tac133]

@@Oharadanny123abcdefgNo one said they are forced, just impossible. These kids have to choose between possible death to poverty and a possible better life in Europe that will most likely claim their lives. It doesn’t have to be a forced decision to be a hard one.

[@bluepainting5043]

This is the other side of the story nobody wants to hear. Very touching

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for commenting. That was our hope, to report on the side of the story you don’t get very often.

[@AfridZaman-vr5bx]

true

[@mdejoinville]

I would say : " That nobody wants to show" We cannot hide the truth.

[@AutismoGamer]

See* We hear horrible news everyday and more and more happens . Nobody cares. If you show them the reality of the situation then they will care. More or less at least it shows the reality of how horrible this rule of whites in our world does. As long as white people keep exploiting the poor, scared and defenseless it'll all stay the same. Rich will always be at the top exploiting some small village or a whole Continental wall just because they have the money to make it all happen. Doesn't matter what anyone says since we're not billionaires.

[@spulwasser]

​@@mdejoinvilleRight. I do want to see more from people like these, it is interesting to me, but videos like this one are rare.

[@Catcat00-00]

Protect this courageous man at all costs 🙏 May he never get tired of what he's fighting for, people like him will propel his country forward. And enough of the abuse and let the people of Senegal benefit from their own resources, as they should!

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for watching the film and commenting.

[@theirishanime007]

Hats off to this man. I was a seaferer for many years. The Mediterranean is no joke, lads. I've been through many storms on the med that put the most experienced seafarers to the absolute test. The storms there were probably the worst I've ever been through in my career. The Med is bigger than it looks. The tidal stream around gibraltar and the Med rip through at a massive rate. Being swept out to the atlantic through gibraltar, in my view, is the worst fate anyone can go through. The weather can go from super hot during the day to baltic levels of cold. Hopefully, all heed this mans advice!

[@AXiong-x7y]

they ARE going through the Atlantic not the Mediterranean though lol

[@theirishanime007]

@@AXiong-x7y Atlantics no joke either mate

[@RoundBaguette]

@@AXiong-x7y so the ones going to italy arent going through the mediterranean? lol

[@Weenpuncher]

@@RoundBaguette not if they are leaving from Senegal and going to the Canary Islands, which is what this video is about. That’s 100% Atlantic Ocean.

[@HeySimo.]

I'm in the canary islands, we are definitely in the Atlantic ocean 😅

[@maxasaurus3008]

That has to break people’s heart to see those hands all shoot up like that. 💔

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for commenting. It was a really heartbreaking film to make.

[@ludlowaloysius]

Why? These people have ambitions!

[@Tom-mk7nd]

Subtitling is wrong. He's asking who has a family relative in Spain.

[@buildinasentry1046]

@@ludlowaloysiusNot necessarily. Moving somewhere because it might be better is not ambitious in itself. If they have other plans then perhaps

[@Dovelunalove]

@@buildinasentry1046 they do have other plans. leave and WORK. they are inherently ambitious. it’s in their blood.

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

subtitles from 4:05 to 4:10 . The young man at this instance was speaking for the case of going on these journeys. My own translation would be " We are tired, we would go into the sea(for their current fishing jobs) and spend the night there trying to make a living, but when you come back out, you cant even make enough to give to the family(he quoted an amount in cfa), It crazy to imagine your parents supporting you throughout your life and still having to support you after you get married and have children. It's a disrespect and getting in a boat to die is a better faith because the young people are tired."

[@redorange7912]

thank you

[@gdg4833]

If true, that’s quite astonishing @theguardian put completely different subtitles to fit the story

[@spencersholden]

Translations are complex but that is completely different. They really should know better whoever translated it for the Guardian.

[@ebierekoroye2327]

The foreign fishing trawlers should be banned in the first place. . To allow the locals to have fish.

[@nikkenikNick]

They need to be thrown in jail. Thats their waters. They are stealing as far as I'm concerned.

[@ginacoleman788]

Absolutely. African leaders and the locals must protect their resources to feed and provide their populations.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@ginacoleman788 food isn't the issue in most african countries, it's development and economy stagnating for decades

[@RoundBaguette]

@@adamelghalmi9771 Damn, i wonder why huh

[@sps6374]

@@adamelghalmi9771I’m from Senegal and I can tell you that the real, real depletion of sea resources is an everyday issue. The Senegalese and Gambian get most of their protein from seafood (fish, shellfish, shrimps, mussels etc.) and there just isn’t any more there. It’s not only Europeans, national waters have also been sold to Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Argentina… Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania and Guinea had the most plentiful corner of ocean close to shore only 30 years ago, and entire tribes, like the lebu, are traditionally fishermen. They have to go further and further on small canoes for less and less everyday, and we pay more and more to feed ourselves. This is a country where people don’t eat pork at all, beef is relatively rare and to be honest zebus are not all that good to begin with, they’re not like the cows you’ll find in Europe or the US, they’re harder and chewy (and it’s the Sahel so grazing is only possible during the 3 or 4 month rainy season so bovines will never be a good option to get proteins out of). Besides fishing trade deals, there’s also the issue of poaching, with MANY ships lying about their capacity and taking much more than allowed. There’s barely anything left for locals now, prices have literally quintupled. That’s 500% inflation on proteins, imagine that.

[@ximono]

There's no good future for them in Europe either, if they can make it here alive. Only more hard work and a hard life far away from one's family. It's tragic in so many ways. And little is done to treat the causes, like fishing rights, there's only talk about how to stop the symptoms at our borders. That's far too late.

[@alexcarter8807]

I wish I could find it again, but years ago I read a thing by an Indian guy who left India to come to the US. He described his his parents had a 2-room house. So this guy comes here to the US to work, and is apart from his family and friends, and in the end he ends up old, single, lonely as hell (and how he's dealing with ageism in tech) and all he can show for it is .... his apartment has 3 rooms.

[@aljosacebokli]

Another entitled crybaby. Did you watch the video at all? What you percieve as hard work has mostly died out in Europe 50-100 years ago. Your grandparents and your great grandparents might have known very hard labour, depending on where they lived and what they did. You most likely live incredibly comfortably in comparison, even if you work in a factory or warehouse. These people know true hard work with little to no success, that's why they are ready to risk life and limb to do your "hard work" instead.

[@ximono]

@@aljosacebokli Did you read my comment? I'm talking about the work conditions for immigrants, which is nothing like the work conditions for Europeans. Not to mention the racism they will encounter in society. I know it's still better than the hopeless situation that causes them to risk their lives, but Europe is not what they think it is.

[@adeoyecrownfit6112]

Cause they know they are far better off in Europe than in Senegal 😢

[@caravanlifenz]

@@alexcarter8807 Most Indian immigrants I've met in New Zealand said their lives were better in India. NZ has a high cost of living, so people struggle to get ahead, but additionally, our country is cold and damp. In India, they didn't have the high power bills we have here to stay warm.

[@AntitankDude]

True life saver. Bless this man.

[@bobbieblue1885]

I think the problem is not as simple as that. Senegal and other African countries should start blaming their corrupt governments who sell their rights off. Look at your politicians living in big houses, full of money. They are laughing at you guys.

[@theGuardian]

You’re right that it’s a lot more complicated and Moustapha touched on the corruption of politicians in the time we spent with him. Unfortunately in a film of this length there isn’t time to include everything. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@ananse77]

Yep. I agree with you.

[@sharpie842]

Fix that problem and Europe will start the immigration problem

[@Aethereality]

A lot of African leaders have it all wrong when it comes to leadership. Very materialistic and greedy. If they found a way to make their people content enough to not want to emigrate to foreign lands where they are not wanted or loved, it would improve African lives.

[@newlifelodge]

They sold their own people to Europeans and called us the slavers

[@Nova2Yung]

Extremely tough to watch, very tough

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for leaving a comment

[@seeleunit2000]

This is tragic. This whole scenario was incredibly tragic. All I can say is, I wish this man luck

[@daniella8400]

I have a Senegal friend here in US, she said she never would moved back home. Broke my heart hearing that

[@fatimateresa19]

She doesn’t miss her country?

[@daniella8400]

@ she absolutely does…. But she doesn’t miss the poverty

[@M_SC]

Well people do emigrate. I know Americans that have moved to Japan permanently and won’t move back.

[@daniella8400]

@ yes, but they don’t come back usually because of the peace in Japan. They can come back home to job and opportunities easily. Most that are in Japan are there through the military.

[@gianellab.4953]

@@fatimateresa19 Is it still her country though? My mom was born in Haiti. She moved to Canada in the 1980s. The last time she went to Haiti was in 2016 and she said she wouldn't go back. She said it wasn't her country anymore. It's not only people that change. Countries also change. Not just financially but culturally and ideologically. An American friend of mine studying in the UK chose never to go back to the US after Trump won the elections back in 2016-2017. Sometimes home stops feeling like home. It's sad but it's life.

[@alessandrariussi4658]

Thank you for this story and thanks to Moustapha for his work ❤

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

[@poikilos]

Thank you for documenting this guy's words, and thank you for highlighting this story and giving it the publicity and spotlight it deserves. I hope this video can gain Moustapha a lot more donations for his project to better help his community

[@flourbvoy1269]

Thank you for making and sharing this documentary.

[@queenemma4250]

Thank you for teaching them at a young age. Spreading awareness is the key to solutions. We must love our Africa🌍

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for watching and leaving a message

[@absurdistoxymoron]

Fascinating to hear these people’s perspectives. Great video

[@theGuardian]

Appreciate you watching and commenting

[@especubillos]

how hard it was to watch this im out of words, so important, what a man of love his heart is precious

[@teacake2298]

Europe keeps talking about the dangers of immigration without telling the people the causes of it. In the end, colonialism, resource exploitation, and immigration are all related to each other. I really appreciate this documentary, and how this man was given a platform to share his message

[@theGuardian]

I really appreciate you taking time to comment and thanks for your considered thoughts.

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

So true, this should be played in all European cities, so they see the root of the issue

[@teacake2298]

@@theGuardian of course! Thank you for shedding the light on this issue

[@nicbreytenbach8364]

Utter nonsense, at the root of the emigration issue in Africa is poor quality of life caused by Corruption and Maladministration. Colonialism plays little or no part in the reason why African countries are so underdeveloped. Any Africans can tell you this as we experience it firsthand.

[@teacake2298]

@@nicbreytenbach8364 I am not saying that colonialism is the sole reason, but it is one. You seem to have little understanding of of how Europe, the USA, Russia, and China interfere in African politics and resources.

[@futureshocked]

I feel awful for these folks--this is like NAFTA in the US. We were so upset with Mexican people coming up to the US, that many americans never realized it's because WE were destroying their corn industry. Same as Europe is destroying their fishing.

[@stevenhickey8636]

You are incredibly naive. Mexico is a corrupt narco-state , only until recently it was a one-party kleptocracy. There are numerous reasons why we have 40-50 million Mexican nationals in the US , and corn , or whatever , is not one of them. Cartel violence, a stone-age economic system that doesn't create opportunity , and the fact that many Mexicans emigrate to US because most of their family is already here. Please refrain from spouting nonsense.

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

This has been going for decades and yet politicians keep complaining about "illegal invasion"

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@mrjurassicyt]

I find it hilarious that people still believe that Mexicans are the ones crossing over. It’s predominantly central and South Americas, plus Chinese, Russians, and Ukrainians.

[@Michael-j4l3d]

The US subsidises corn, the NAFTA agreement should be renegotiated to impose dues on subsidized products. American tax payers paid to Make the exported corn cheaper than domestic stuff.

[@darrenlee9237]

This man's intelligent message and courageous activism runs counter to the actual policy in real terms of the political and corporate elites here in Europe.

[@jackwarren5380]

Donated a measly 25 dollars to this man’s cause. Wish it was possible to do more. That’s not a lot of weight to counteract big European fishing business. What a beautiful and healthy group of young people, quite different to what I remember about my classmates in England

[@jeremyboyle4274]

Real journalism

[@Sjalabais]

Heartbreaking how down to the point this one is. If Europeans empty the local fisheries with industrial trawling, destroying bottom habitats in the process, it's no surprise people are leaving. A huge contributing factor.

[@theGuardian]

Thanks very much for commenting and watching

[@RoseNZieg]

Ironically the ones who are top trailers these days are chinese fishermen. South American countries would know.

[@RoseNZieg]

*trawlers

[@lapelusa993]

Dense

[@M_SC]

It’s almost as if colonialism lives on!

[@al1207]

Such a beautiful people live in Senegal! God bless them all and this man, he’s doing a good job

[@SUPERMENSCHX]

Corruption and Greed in Africa and Europe is the Real Problem

[@louisebb4183]

I wouldn’t lame Europe for problem in Africa ,start with your own government to be greedy and selfish lining their own pockets with national resources.Europe is going down the same way since the E U taken over most of the European countries.

[@laurawindram7488]

thank you for showing it from their side of things. we need to stop the trawlers.

[@theGuardian]

Thanks very much for watching and commenting.

[@naomi6608]

i'm tired of seeing my people die like this.. thank you for spreading awareness, i was shocked at the amount of little kids raising their hand at the idea of going to europe by boat. shocking.. on a positive note, this is the cutest little baby 3:15 i've ever seen, my ovaries are jumping😁

[@theGuardian]

Thanks very much for your thoughtful message!

[@naomi6608]

@@stanhunt8543 i live in the netherlands

[@naomi6608]

@@stanhunt8543 senegalese ppl because i'm senegalese..

[@dylankoltzhale8575]

thank you for this story. We must boycott companies practicing this neocolonialism! Everyone deserves a dignified existence! ✊

[@claymarzobestgoofy]

I do wonder where the money from these fishing agreements went.

[@RomaInvicta202]

Go ahead, boycott Senegal's president who happily sold these fishing rights

[@dylankoltzhale8575]

@@RomaInvicta202 Boycott the European companies taking advantage and promoting authoritarians so they can plunder natural resources. Its a story as old as time and its about time we, with the power to change consumption habits own up to this - since it is clear governments and corporations wont.

[@stevenchristy3175]

Nah soy boy they can stay in their sand box

[@eliciaellis7428]

@@stevenchristy3175Really?!

[@mateogruszynski8362]

first world countries deplete third world countries' resources then blames the third world country for being poor, then takes advantage of that poverty some more and the cycle continues

[@horatiotodd8723]

Yes its true but you’re not allowed to admit it

[@KingofgraceSARA]

Gaslighting.

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

So true 🥲

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

This isn’t even minerals, this is actual food they need to survive

[@karensback]

Bull EVERY country uses resources from other countries, it's up to the people to use the resources of their countries but *they* are unable to do that, just look at what happens every time they get rid of YT.

[@melloLL4722]

Where are the humanitarian laws? That's greed to starve a country.😥

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

Lmao this world is not build on values but on profits

[@claymarzobestgoofy]

Not only. Just look at the end of global slavery. That was an ideal formented in the mind of idealist of the European enlightenment which they (France and the UK) managed to enforce globally on both their European neighbour's and their empires and on other sovereign entities such as the west African kingdoms or Khartoom. This was, in the UK, a big push from a number of people rallying together prompting the democratic British government to take these actions. Today everything is so simplified and biased that people just come up with easy answers to everything and that answer is often just Europeans bad their fault everything bad. Of course this is often part of the answer but a big other part is also missing.

[@zlr5775]

@@wrestlinganime4life288It doesn’t have to be

[@hateLewis09]

Their population is doubling every few decades. Hardly starving are they ?

[@fio8549]

@@zlr5775 the best thing we can do is to not be like the greedy people that make this happen, and to give back to communities when we can

[@YogabyNanda]

I’m an immigrant myself. Nothing, no comfort, will ever replace our homeland. I hope for a future in our planet where all people have access to basic needs and that immigration is merely a desire for change, not because they need to survive.

[@christiandauz3742]

We should have colonized the Moon back in the 1970s

[@attackmaster519]

@@christiandauz3742 We're too busy sending money to prop up third world nations in Africa to afford that, sorry.

[@gomezmario.f]

Misleading subtitles from 4:05 to 4:10 . The yound man at this instance was speaking for the case of going on these journeys. My own translation would be " We are tired, we would go into the sea(for their current fiahing jobs) and spend the night there trying to make a living, but when you come back out, you cant even make enough to give to the family(he quoted an amount in cfa), It crazy to imagine your parents supporting you throughout your life and still having to support you after you get married and have children. It's a disrespect and getting in a boat to die is a better faith because the young people are tired."

[@GriffinWulf]

European rules: you can't come up here but we can go down there for your natural resources!

[@VVabsa]

And if they are all here, there's nobody to pay mind to for taking all and every resource. So which one is it, help them get better chances there or keep the deadly travel going?

[@Lysandra-8]

And where does the money go that Europeans and others pay?

[@ChadThundercock-cn3ve]

The entire Africa still is growing is because Europeans supply its food. Ukraine and Russia are at war and still giving food to Somalia

[@Ibnou999]

@@Lysandra-8they pay peanuts

[@Lysandra-8]

@@Ibnou999 correct! €2.5 million/year is peanuts! The EU should pay more and the Senegalese government should invest this money for the benefit of its people

[@Proj3ta]

Thank you for raising awareness. These people deserve their sea back, they deserve a future.

[@WorldWideWebObserver]

Can’t help being very sad hearing these poor people’s dire situation. I hope and pray they get the help they need to better their lives.

[@alwayshavebeen4489]

He should becomes a leader

[@paolabueso]

He has shown to be one already by his actions.

[@lauh4rl]

Lord creator stop this suffering of my people we are your children father help us 🙏🏽

[@karensback]

If you were his children the suffering would not happen you would be living the 🤍 are Afr ica isn't even Christian 🤍 took Christianity there. Canaans cursed Deuteronomy 28 KJV.

[@kidmohair8151]

in a socio-economic system that caters to the needs of only the top 10%, the rest of us are but grist for their mills, to be ground down and discarded.

[@annephillips8494]

We are full gere in the Uk That does not mean I am unsympathetic.I have had to move to a foreign country to get work. No one should have to do that . Problems are not tackled at the generic level anymore. I remember the West giving Mugabe money that he spent on himself. Africa has always been plundered snd nobody stops it, but will preach about compassion and social justice from a comfortable distance. While this goes on in secret. Mining for Lithium, many resources with no benefit to the indigenous. It's not just the West. The World needs to sit up and take notice instead of exploiting.It's vainglorious.And hypocrisy.

[@olir6910]

Finally someone talking about the reality. He is absolutely right about the over fishing from Europe. His wife was a weak woman. He deserves a real strong woman who can stand by and support him

[@a.y.greyson9264]

It’s nice to hear him speak Wolof to his fellow villagers and switch back to French with the presenter.

[@cp0pippip]

So glad there is a link provided (money goes directly to the association in Senegal) so that we can help the villagers' financially. This is often what is missing in documentaries where we watch human suffering...if everyone who watched (often thousands of people to hundred thousands and millions) even gave .10p then that would help people significantly! I watched a BBC documentary recently on child labour and jasmine flowers and would have loved to help the woman and her family stop the unhealthy practice of the child labour mentioned.

[@capybaralove3342]

The link is a donation to The Guardian These are complex issues 10p may assuage your guilt, however, doesn't address the underlying isaue

[@rituologia]

Keep you light on Moustapha! What you doing is very important and the authorities in Europe should support natural community leaders like him to create projects to stop the deadly boats.

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

Exactly, these should be the people getting the money instead of the UK for example paying the Rwanda government eho they know if corrupt, more like bribery. This man if supported could probably at least stop many senegalese from going the illegal migration route, that’s part of the issue solved. But they won’t, because it just seems the west hates to empower Africans that they cannot control.

[@Stiegelzeine]

His government should literally help, not the EU, the EU decided to not renew the deal to fish in senegal because the local government didnt intend to do ANYTHING at all against illegal fishing there, now that EU ships are not fishing there anymore it will not get any better as long as illegal asian ships keep stealing fish

[@eckosters]

Is this a EU fishing treaty or is it just between France and Senegal? I visited Dakar and a bit of Senegal along the coast S of Dakar and into the Sine Saloum delta. Fishing is the main livelihood of these communities.

[@indominusrex1652]

Nothings stopping the big corporations from registering a boat in france to fish

[@zitro37]

It is an EU treaty, which suprisingly actually ran out just yesterday with EU vessels not allowed in senegalese waters anymore.

[@elydan6049]

Senegalese have a lot of dignity!! They will be there for to defend and grow their country

[@andreabennett3972]

This made my heart hurt. I visited Senegal this year and it's people are so humble and peaceful people. They are so happy with what they have and are very kind. It is sad to see these young men risking and some loosing their lives. This truly breaks my heart. While I was there you can see the poverty and the lack of jobs and a caste system. I pray that God will Empowerment the new Government to bring in new industries that will bring jobs. They have a good infrastructure there. It's a very peaceful place.

[@marvinyo5]

It's not just the Europeans there's even Chinese fishing on the West coast of Africa The navy should be in the sea protecting the local fishing men like Argentina does the same

[@theGuardian]

Yes Moustapha did also mention Chinese trawlers operating off the coast. Thanks for commenting

[@sitdownstandup91]

They are fishing with permission.

[@LeonardoDeAssis-v9d]

The corrupt government is who gave these foreign fisheries permission.

[@squirrel287]

​@@sitdownstandup91 not the Chinese it's illegal what they are doing but they are sometime armed and use non Chinese worker so it's impossible to stop it.

[@squirrel287]

​@@LeonardoDeAssis-v9dyeah and that's why we can blame the EU they knew how corrupt Senegal was they should have not signed the agreement.

[@NoNoNoNopeNopeNopeNo]

''these European fishing boats'' - shows a Euro freighter, not a Trawler ''A drama is gradually playing out off the Senegalese coast, where thousands of pirogues and a local trawler fleet competes with vessels from China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Italy, Spain and Turkey in the hunt for fish. These grounds have already been long overfished.'' 4 Asian nations, 2 European nations. Yet China take the most, by the way. Why do people think Europe is always the problem, it isn't.

[@sitdownstandup91]

they are not very smart

[@wassupguy1505]

​@sitdownstandup91 He was just ignorant out of resentment. There's no need to say that. They have chased all these countries out their water so they are building up

[@dennydetox512]

What a tragedy. Europe, give those fishing rights back. People are starving...

[@wawrzynieckorzen78]

Its not only Europeans. Chineese as well overfish this region.

[@Laplata-r9n]

​@@wawrzynieckorzen78Africa needs a navy

[@MegaLith18]

Its not so black and white as the guardian presents it here (lousy journalism!) Spain + France has fishing rights but they pay huge annual fees + a fee on each catch in their waters. The problems lie with the Sengalese governments that's corrupt and misuses the funds.

[@theGuardian]

Yes a problem with many countries fishing (sometimes illegally) off the coast. A v complex issue and hard to cover it all in 9 mins. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@BearingMySeoul]

@@MegaLith18 Fees are not food. If this were about what is right to do as opposed to 'profitable' to do, those ships wouldn't be in those waters but as someone else pointed out, Senegal has no navy to defend the waters even if they rescind the fishing agreements.

[@alexcarter8807]

The problem is the trawlers are *so* harmful to the ecosystem. In a healthy ecosystem they'd have fish.

[@theGuardian]

Thanks very much for watching and commenting.

[@kaiajackson8538]

My mother has been to Senegal, she said it was beautiful and had exceptionally kind people. I hope the best for them.

[@A.Szeniawski]

thank you for the interview

[@justanothermermaid5007]

I know it is way more complex, but I often think that when European countries (like my home country Germany) are not restricing immigration, they only encourage more and more people to go on this dangerous voyage. For those trying to come the grass is greener in Europe. They don't believe in a good life in their home coutries. So they don't fight for it, don't work for it. The effect is almost as bad as the colonization of Africa. We take their dreams of a good life in their own countries, we steal their focus, and so - like using a slowly acting poison - destroy the future of a whole continent.

[@hippieyoda1993]

Often these people are so desperate they don’t care if it’s legal or illegal. If they can’t legally make it into a country, they will do so illegally out of necessity.

[@SlavicMelodiesforthesoul]

Quit blaming yourself for the actions of third worlders. You're not responsible for everyone, stop taking on their burden. Focus on your own people first!!

[@hippieyoda1993]

@@SlavicMelodiesforthesoul I take pride in recognising the struggles of others across the world. Humbles me and makes me grateful for what I have, as well as inspiring me to make a difference. It’s just compassion.

[@khwezimagwaza5507]

Thank you for sharing this

[@LovecraftXOXO]

At 0:03 the translation is wrong. He said " who have a family member there in Spain ?"

[@cakemebysurprise]

Thank you for raising awareness . True journalism .

[@theGuardian]

Thanks, that’s very kind.

[@1Gibson]

This was sad to watch. Thank you

[@Sa_m-sam]

They steal their food and resources and than call these people immigrants.. INSANE

[@solrex2504]

The man is right.. If the corrupted Senegalese government allow concessions for fishing to Chinese...for instance obviously the people will lose their jobs and business. He is 100% right. What the governments should do is to sign an agreement with EU to purchase fish and seafood from Senegal without TAX. invite investors to open companies for trading or packing the products with local labor. In this way the investor can generate jobs and contribute to the economy of the country in a way that he could have tax exceptions. This is how Africans should do instead to jump into a broken boat to persue impossible dream and end up like shark's food!

[@Ibnou999]

Chinese and europeans

[@signs80]

​@@Ibnou999 It's both but mostly Chinese

[@spiderduckpig]

​@@signs80It's literally Europeans in this video

[@shamrocklotus7245]

What are we doing to each other and what are we allowing to happen to each other? 💔

[@paquitoignacio3449]

If most of the country in world have a good economy, not all people will leave their homeland.

[@barondino4628]

To have a good economy you need to have high "human capital", and most nations, like the one in the video, clearly don't have it.

[@wassupguy1505]

​@barondino4628 Clearly, but with patience and perseverance, they can reach there. Most nations started with low human capital such as Singapore but changed in the long run

[@Nowayy_seriously]

Alot of people in the comments are only concentrating on the fact that he whants less people to immigrate, maybe becaus those same people dislike immigration, but not the fact that the west adds to the problems (like the fishing agreements) while at the same time opposing immigration. People are left with difficult choices of either live in hunger and desperation, or make the dangeruous journey.

[@bavery6957]

Brave man. The traffickers are not exactly goiing to appreciate his efforts... 😮🙏💪🏽

[@helenannleeshung9028]

Wow this was deep, saddening and so interesting ❤ God bless him for trying to stop them from going to their deaths. They need more visionaries like him in their country

[@raudigerrudiger9713]

It certainly is eye-opening to hear about it from their perspective

[@malieba1443]

I often wondered why people decided to go to a foreign country and then end as cleaning people just for the struggle with the language instead to learn a profession in the own country and succeed to a better live.

[@UlissesValdez]

Not to mention being able to crop grow and fish. Industry is waiting

[@pelagaki97]

When your government is corrupt it doesn't matter that much how hard you work. Instead you should have connections with the right people in order to advance. I come from a european country with high corruption and I am very thankful that I could move to a more organized european country legally without visa etc. Sure all these people moving to europe strain the infrastructures but I can totally see their point.

[@ananse77]

Learning a profession? Do they have the money to go to college? There are many well off people in the country who can do that. But for people in poor fishing villages, it's practically impossible. They can learn a trade, and I'm sure most do, but in an economy where most people don't have money, they earn peanuts after working all day.

[@ananse77]

​@@UlissesValdez Fish? Didn't you hear the man say several times that they fish all day and get nothing because large foreign commercial fishering ships take it all, permitted by treaties with the Senegalese government?

[@UlissesValdez]

@ananse77 when there's a will there's a way. Dig giant aquaponic farms and pump well water into it and feed them scrap and crap for survival. They can breed animals and regenerate the area. Coloniz ashion has happened to every peoples. Look at chi na now. Senegal isn't it the oldest library university on earth and richest ruler ever. I have Senegalese friend he talks about his home alot

[@spulwasser]

Why do we Europeans need to take their fish if they have trouble finding jobs already?🙄 If we have caught all the fish from our seas, then there is simply no more fish for us to eat. Basta. We can live well without. At least respect what is ours and what is theirs!

[@Sa_m-sam]

Europe is very very greedy

[@boogieheads]

@@Sa_m-samOh the irony kills me

[@موسى_7]

Yes, colonialism never ended, it's only rebranded

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

It makes sense what he is saying

[@sc4ll1wag94]

Sadly he is just one of the few who stayed to struggle for the betterment of their country

[@usernamew1]

red shirt at the end was chirpin but by the end of it gave some of the most real talk. respect to all of my brothers in Senegal🇸🇳

[@Sasha-yg2ng]

This is just fish, how many more food and resources needed for their survival are being taken 😭

[@paolabueso]

Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@Ellecramfraiche]

Heartbreaking

[@theGuardian]

A very difficult film to make. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@markushaahr9194]

Europe and Africa should work together for the prosperity of Africa’s youth. It stops ceaseless immigration and actually settles the core issues with the youth leaves.

[@SoFrolushes]

If only they could at least stop the huge fisherman corporates. Nice to see this side of the story. Seeing people who are actively trying to save lives in difficult circumstances despite naysayers

[@SagarYadav-zm5lf]

In same condition nepal

[@francoluissotomayor3123]

Every country NEEDS its children, thats why in the first place they are born! To carry the legacy and make the place a better home. PUERTO RICO also being emptied slowly…

[@jbone9900]

America feels the opposite were not needed

[@lady0shady]

Thank you for showing me that there are people who talk about the migration and its consequences. Young people usually do not realize that they are putting themselves into danger. There is an easier way to get to Europe- legal one- and you will be always welcome and not stigmatized. Europe is barely handling with illegal migration, but we were and are never closed for others

[@theGuardian]

Thanks for your kind comment. Moustapha’s view was that yes, there are some legal routes through visas (very few), but that the allocation was often taken by corrupt local politicians and the fishermen never saw these.

[@pedrolopes3542]

Ending the fish agreements could help a bit, but it won't solve the problem. Fishing alone does not make enough money to pay for decent salaries. Those people are deluded. They need to develop other industries besides fishing. This is obvious to everyone outside of that reality. You can insult me all you want, that won't change the reality of the situation.

[@DylanDkoh]

If you leave the country who’s going to improve the country?

[@Sa_m-sam]

The west

[@toastie3071]

How ​@@Sa_m-sam

[@boogieheads]

@@toastie3071whitey has to do everything

[@nizamaimamovicfoco399]

Living in a country of the Balcans, the fact our young prople are heading to Europe makes our future look very gloomy. Our life circumstances are far better than African, but young people are impatient, hasty, and life is what you make of it. If we stayed in our countries, fought colonialism and injustice... hoplesness is our worst enemy. (In my country, fruit in orchards get rotten simply bcs people are too lazy, and many prefer buying it in the market- maybe they prefer chemically treated ones?) If I lived in Senegal, I presume I could sleep anywhere without, at least, getting cold. In Sweden, well, who would live through the long winter night if having not provided for a warm shelter?

[@tenyearsinthejoint1]

God bless him. He is telling the reality to the youth

[@josephnarvaez9507]

Europeans always complain about emigration but don't see how they are causing these people to leave

[@zitro37]

It would have been interesting if there was more mention about the treaty between Senegal and the EU here. This treaty actually expired just yesterday (17th Nov.) with EU Vessels forced to leave Senegalese waters. Hopefully this can help the fish stocks.

[@mathewp3416]

In 'Captain Phillips' theres a touching dialogue the leader of the hijackers say. When Tom Hank's character asks him why he became a pirate, he gives the exact reason this dude gave. That they were originally fisherman and European boats came and took all their fish.

[@Meme-ji9iz]

sad thing is our school funds another school the director came to our school cause he wanted to see a class and our class was chosen 11people volunteered/was needed to ask him question and fortunaly he doesnt have it that bad kids immigrating cause he is in a far south still sad to hear people dieing to flee from their problems and im so happy and gratefull that he tries to stop people going on this dangerouse journey

[@marthablissgroup5863]

God bless this man❤

[@melissabreton259]

Thank you for this video!!

[@LariFari333]

This might be a stupid question, but why "don't they" focus on tourism more as income/money making? I mean, The beaches and culture are literally a gold mine for making money? I know the funds are probably not there, but I see everyone there having smartphones to raise money somehow, so if you get the whole community together to build a touristic center (with what they have, maybe even eco-friendly) and the promote it online, that could become the source of income. I DO understand that Europe is richer as it is, but in order to create wealth in Senegal, or similar countries, I think the locals need to get together to create tourism hotspots, local food, local tours, traditions etc, the white European tourists would love it. 😝 Again, this is a BIG VISION, this is very idealistic, BUT something has to change, so....

[@موسى_7]

Tourism requires investment into resorts with much better infrastructure than what they are living in. It also requires a famous name, airlines, and strong national security.

[@arunbenny808]

This girl at 3:00 is stunningly gorgeous and it breaks my heart these people are suffering like this. In mainstream media news here in the US and I imagine in other European countries they always talk about migrants fleeing their countries and trying to come, but they never bothered to explain their and our own countries part in making life intolerable for these people… this was such a huge missing puzzle piece. More people need to know about this.

[@MJB801]

Entrepreneurs need to go to these countries to see how these ppl can make a living. You know there is something, just need ppl to figure it out, or bring things in to do. Last resort find a place for these ppl . Then take them.

[@meaghanisobel1803]

All countries and nations that take the resources of other nations with proper recompense need to be held accountable. Did Colonialism really go away?

[@AhmedAhmed-sk6bs]

People were shocked when Somali’s become pirates and protected their water from illegal fishing and dumping toxic waste on their water!!!

[@ostiadio9475]

mediterranean sea unfortunatly has become the largest cemetery!!

[@FearofGodmom]

Beautiful children💜