Journeys from the Horn of Africa to Italy can cost as much as $10,000. In other words, the poorest of the poor cannot afford to migrate.
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A Spanish coastguard intercepts a fishing boat carrying African migrants off the island of Tenerife in the Canaries. (Photo/A. Rodriguez/UNHCR).