For several years I have been saying that migration can be summed up by a series of D words: demographics, disasters, demand, disparities and dreams. This year I am adding a new D: desperation.
The world watched in horror in October when some 360 African migrants lost their lives within sight of land while attempting to reach the Italian island of Lamepedusa. Untold hundreds have perished on the journey from Indonesia to Australia, or off the coast of Thailand.
Migrants from Cent...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.