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Busted Borders: Siby (Mauritania) – Video 2

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In this video, Siby, from Mauritania in West Africa, discusses how he was caught by the authorities when trying to travel back to Mali to visit his sick parent.

In video one, Siby talks about why he left home to come to the United States

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