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Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah is a presenter on Joy FM radio station in Accra, Ghana. Ghana is an African country that is comparatively stable politically and economically, and yet large numbers of the population want to escape overseas to where they think 'The Grass is Greener'.

Christopher, an unemployed graduate, falsified documents to accompany his visa application and was found out. Others, in their thousands, bypass the visa queues altogether and set off across the Sahara towards North Africa, hoping to get to Europe by boat. Ciire, a pineapple farmer, spent seven years trying to get to Europe, though many from his group of 35 illegal migrants died of dehydration in the desert or were killed by bandits on the way.

A continuation of the Global Perspective series on the theme of escape.

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Brent Clough

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