Saint Louis - “If they had left me in the white men’s country, I was going to grow up, play with my friends, study, work and return to Senegal with lots of money to help my family”, regrets young Ismaila, timidly looking at his illegal migrant father.
Nine-year-old Ismaila Diop, repatriated from Spain last week, was the youngest of several thousands of Senegalese illegal migrants flown back over the past month from the Spanish Canary islands under a provisional deal between Madrid and Dakar.
Accompanied by his father, Alioune Diop, 31, Ismaila came awkwardly down the steps of the Spanish-chartered plane. His appearance caused a stir among the airport workers, medical staff and security forces awaiting the returnees.
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