tiktik migration

In Senegal, many young people turn to TikTok to connect with migrants who claim to have made it to Spain. Online, the journey can look like a dream. In reality, the route across the Atlantic is one of the world’s deadliest migration corridors.

This film follows two friends determined to make their European dream come true, revealing the hopes, pressures, and risks behind a new generation of digitally fueled migration.

Directed, produced, filmed and edited by Sira Thierij for VOA+, the documentary was a finalist at the AIB Awards in the Domestic Affairs category.