Diouf speaking to pupils about the dangers of emigration at an elementary school in Thiaroye-sur-mer, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal. — ©2023 The New York Times Company
CROWDED together with 90 others on a rickety fishing vessel bound for Spain, Moustapha Diouf watched 10 of them die, one by one, from heat and exhaustion.
Worried about health risks posed by the corpses, Diouf had to throw the bodies overboard. Five were friends.
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The wreckage of a wooden boat that was heading to Spain. At least 16 people died in July when the boat sank just off the beach in Dakar.
, Senegal. Thousands undertake a similar voyage every year. (Carmen Abd Ali/The New York Times)
A fisherman working on his net on the beach of Thiaroye-sur-Mer, a suburb of Dakar.
A fisherman works on his net on the beach of Thiaroyesur-Mer, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 21, 2023. (Carmen Abd Ali/The New York Times)
Children raising their hands after Diouf asks if any of them want to leave the country. —Photos: ©2023 The New York Times Company
Children in a classroom in Thiaroyesur-Mer on a recent day raising their hands after Diouf asks if any of them want to leave the country. (Carmen Abd Ali/The New York Times)
