‘I’ll go back’, say African migrants deported in campaign by Mauritania

Mass crackdown on migrants follows deal signed with the EU to stem migration from source countries in Africa.

By Josef Skrdlik and Oliver Dunn

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Nouadhibou, Mauritania – When Omar*, a 29-year-old bricklayer from rural Gambia, crossed the border into Mauritania in March, he came in search of the better pay he’d heard he could find.