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Name	Augustine
Gender	male
Country of Origin	Nigeria
Destination Country	Niger

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s-1	Due to the economic crisis, myself and other millions of Nigerians lost our jobs last year.
s-2	I used to work as a journalist and media consultant.
s-3	Nigeria couldnt export oil so there was no money.
s-4	They are now trying to diversify the economy, but it will take a long time.
s-5	Seeing as there were no jobs, with the little money we had, we went looking for work abroad.
s-6	I decided to go to Algeria hoping to find better opportunities.
s-7	For the three months I was there, I was teaching English and doing some other small jobs as well.
s-8	I witnessed a lot of discrimination and a fragile justice system during my time there.
s-9	I wanted to earn enough money to jumpstart my radio career, but there just werent enough jobs so I decided to go back home.
s-10	On the way back, they dropped us off in the desert, took our bags and money, and my camera.
s-11	I had to take on a few manual jobs that I wasnt used to.
s-12	I had no choice because I wanted to go back home.
s-13	There was no one to help you, no phones to call your family.
s-14	It was a painful experience, but also a good learning experience.
s-15	In Arlit, a couple of Gambians told me about IOMs transit centres so I ended up going to Agadez.
s-16	During my one month there, I learned French and took free entrepreneurship classes.
s-17	On one hand, its sad because I left home empty handed and Im going back empty handed.
s-18	But on the other hand, because of the classes I took in Agadez, I am entitled to a grant that has just been approved.
s-19	Going back, I feel like everything I have ever dreamt of is coming to fruition.
s-20	We need to sensitize Africa about irregular migration and its alternatives.
s-21	Africa is a place of hope, of hard working people, we dont need to leave.
s-22	What I learned from my journey is that theres nothing special about Europe.
s-23	What they do have there is more jobs, laws that are being obeyed, and less corruption.
s-24	Education is a powerful tool.
s-25	When you educate people, they come back home.
s-26	In Africa, people often dont have access to education so they can only do manual jobs.
s-27	If you dont educate your people, you can never grow as a country.
s-28	I, myself, want to work on my career before I start thinking about having a family.

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