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 TAMANRASSET, Algeria (AP) - These are the migrants Europe never sees: Africans stranded in the wastes of southern Algeria, stuck midpoint on the long and treacherous journey in search of a better life.
This remote Sahara desert town teems with thousands who agonize over a difficult choice: Should they admit defeat and return home? Or should they try to find work here in the desert to finance another attempt to evade authorities and get to Europe?
So many would-be immigrants are stuck here because European governments have been urging North African countries to act as the front line against illegal immigration, before the migrants take risky journeys across Mediterranean or Atlantic waters. Many have drowned before they even come within sight of Europe's shores.
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