Why young people risk the backway: Understanding the psychology behind poverty and desperation
[The Standard - The Gambia] - 30/01/2026
By Ricky Peters When young Africans risk their lives on the backway—crossing deserts, detention camps, and the Mediterranean—it is often judged from a Western perspective as reckless, irrational, or irresponsible. Critics ask: Why would anyone choose such danger? But this question already (…)
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