Isabella Alexander

Moroccan migrant camp

Forty-seven people died crossing the Mediterranean in a wooden boat last month. This is their story.

Isabella Alexander has spent years researching and reporting on the effort by migrants to cross from Morocco to Spain, via land routes. Now, she has named 47 previously unidentified victims of a failed sea crossing in early February.

Forty-seven people died crossing the Mediterranean in a wooden boat last month. This is their story.
Bambino, the youngest in his ‘brotherhood,’ is one of the lucky ones who ‘succeeded’ in crossing the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla.

Meet a boy who survived ‘The Crossing’

Meet a boy who survived ‘The Crossing’
A pair of flip flops, left behind by a migrant, lies on the ground in the Sahara Desert near the border of Algeria and Libya.

The freedom to travel isn’t a basic human right. It depends on where you’re born.

The freedom to travel isn’t a basic human right. It depends on where you’re born.
Morocoo refugees

The EU is trying to create 'a final destination' for African migrants in Morocco

The EU is trying to create 'a final destination' for African migrants in Morocco