multiple cities, Mauritania
Would-be immigrants stay at a police station in the Mauritanian port city of Nouadhibou
Would-be immigrants stay at a police station in the Mauritanian port city of Nouadhibou March 11, 2006. More than 40 would-be immigrants from Senegal were intercepted by Mauritanian police after failing to reach Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands, in a make-shift boat. The European Union is considering forming a joint Mediterranean coastguard to fight human trafficking and rising numbers of illegal migrants, the bloc's Justice Commissioner said on Friday. Picture taken March 11, 2006. REUTERS/Juan Medina