Many Africans risk crossing deserts and seas, as well as attacks from armed rebels, in order to make it to Europe. Tony Jimoh and Solomon Thomson are two Nigerians from Benin City who've tried and failed to land in Europe several times. They plan to do it again and told BBC Newsday why they still want to leave their country.
(Picture: African migrants rescued from a ship off the coast of Libya. Credit: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)