05-12-2025 14:10 via ocregister.com

Why Somali migrants may still aim for US despite travel restrictions

By OMAR FARUK, Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali migrant Mohamed Abdi Awale endured horrors on an ill-fated journey across Africa to seek a better life in the West — but he’s determined to try again one day, even aiming for the U.S. despite increasing restrictions.
Awale is one of 165 Somali migrants recently repatriated after being detained in Libya, where the International Organization for Migration says those caught on journeys to Europe face “unaccepta
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