Now I must look forward to the future," Diop, a 22-year-old man who attended a Darra (religious school), added. Assistance for voluntary returnIOM said that in 2017 it assisted 3,023 Senegalese migrants stranded in Libya and Niger to return thanks to the European Union Trust Funds. "More than 23,000 people have since received return assistance and were assisted on their arrival. IOM said in a report that most of the Senegalese returnees assisted in 2017 came from the region of Kolda (30%), Tambacounda (16%), Dakar (15%), Sédhiou (12%) and Kaolack (6%), while others (22%) came from other regions. The report also said that only 2.5% of these assisted returnees in 2017 were women.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 29, 2018 23:03 UTC