A would-be immigrant of Mali is attended by medical workers inside a police station in the Mauritanian port city of Nouadhibou after being detained while trying to leave for Europe, March 14, 2006. More than 1,000 would-be immigrants have died trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands this year, the Red Cross estimates, as more and more Africans attempt to break into "Fortress Europe" by using ever longer sea routes. REUTERS/Juan Medina