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The Road to Nowhere (Part 2): Alaweiah

Heather Murdock

   TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Alaweiah was pregnant when she fled Sudan last year.

   Her home in Darfur had been burned to the ground three times and her
   husband, Ahmed, decided they should try for a future in Europe. Now she
   lives in Tripoli among thousands of other travelers trying to catch a
   boat across the sea.

   Surviving the journey, she said, has been almost unbearable.

   So far this year, nearly 40,000 people have tried to cross the
   Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe from countries across the Middle
   East, Africa and beyond. Only a few thousand have reached their
   destination, and more than 550 people have drowned at sea, according to
   the International Organization for Migration.

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