Bruno Le Dantec
BRUNO LE DANTEC is a journalist living in Marseilles. He is the author, with Mahmoud Traoré, of Partir et raconter. Une odyssée clandestine (Éditions Lignes, 2017)
Border Jumpers: Afropean Itineraries
By Bruno Le DantecThe desperate race towards the high fences of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, in northern Morocco, has become an iconic image illustrating the “immigrant problem” and justifying coercive measures like Frontex (the European agency guarding frontiers and coastlines). But it is long before there that young Africans launch themselves onto the routes of exile.
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