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Ayen Bior

People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. Here's why he says no

Pape Dieye tells people it's not worth the risk to try to take a boat from Senegal to Europe. (Ricci Shryock for NPR)

SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal — By day, Saint-Louis native Pape Dieye is a boat captain-turned-tour guide for a fancy hotel that caters to Westerners. By night, he is a sought-after captain who vehemently turns down requests to smuggle human beings across the ocean.

The number of people attempting to make the perilous journey from West Africa to Spain has risen in recent years, and so has the demand for captains from Saint-Louis.

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