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    The Wider Image: Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border

    People shop at the Sixieme market in Nouakchott, Mauritania, July 14, 2025, amid a crackdown on irregular migration following a 2024 partnership agreement with the European Union. "I know a lot of people who go to Nouadibou (a northern port in Mauritania)," Keila said. "There are a lot of friends there, who were looking to get to Europe. "Since the police started turning people back, everything has gone wrong," said Moktar Diallo, a migrant who left Mali in 2015, who’s now stuck working long hours making bricks. REUTERS/Juan Medina
    The Wider Image: Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border
    The Wider Image: Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border

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