Surviving Back-Way: How My ECOWAS Passport Failed to Guarantee My Freedom of Movement
By Nelson Manneh For Modou Ceesay, the journey to Europe did not begin in the Sahara Desert or on the Mediterranean Sea. It began outside the U.S. Embassy in Banjul, where a rejected student visa shattered years of hope, preparation, and sacrifice. “Shortly before I embarked on the back-way journey, my student visa was rejected […]
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