People risk drowning, dying of exposure, being exploited, raped, robbed, murdered and imprisoned to go someplace where they don't know anyone and don't speak the language, specifically to send money back home to the same family who shuns and rejects them for not making it. Unbelievable.

They need to STAY HOME, and make their own country better‼️‼️‼️❗️

These people are wasting their money and risking their lives for false dreams.

Unfortunately they think Europe is paved with gold. It is not. Having so many immigrants pushing through,helps no one. Our infrastructures and finances cannot withstand these people. It is unfair to expect tax payers of these countries to further fund additional economic migrants when Europe struggles in times of adversities!!!!

We Africans are not as nice as we claim to be , how do u shun someone just because they don't have money, this is disgusting really

My mother migrated 26 years ago, she sent money to her home country up untill 2 years ago when they insulted her after she found out they were lying to her and she threatened to stop sending money. She called me crying and I told her the same thing I've told ger for years, STOP sending them money. I, her own child, don't even ask her for money, nor does my brother. She should enjoy her money and spend it on herself.

I've never seen a story where having kids improved a poor person's financial situation.

If your family would actually shun you because you came back then you have lost NOTHING.Move on!!!!

Stop sending money back home! Ungrateful family will spend it on frivolous things, and try to scam you into sending more!

What that man said at 22:15 holds true for those Venezuelan migrants trying to get into the US. They have this false idea that they can make a lot of money quick in the US and are in for a big surprise with how hard it is to survive in the US when they get here.

I’m in Denver, there is a Venezuelan guy laying right outside of my condo right now. They get on social media where people tell them that if they just come they will be taken care of. Even if they could get a job they will never be able to earn enough to afford to rent or own anything here. This is a very expensive city.

Stop having children that you cannot afford to look after.

Its frustrating and infuriating honestly. 5,000 years of sending "selling" your sons and daughters to foreign lands and Mother Africa, the people, still doesn't know the value of her land and children. Constantly looking at what others have and lusting after it has brought only tears to Africa. Its time to learn the lesson. When we know better, we do better. Invest in Africa instead of abandoning Africa or others will take your gifts.

Why would you leave your child and girlfriend behind?? As a man why not just stay where you are, work and try to make their life better where they are.

nowadays anywhere in the world , there's no such thing as land of milk and honey . Life is hard everywhere .so think before leaving your motherland .

How can one be rejected by one's own family? it means that for the relatives one's you leave and if you do managed to get into Europe you become one huge ATM so horrible and disgusting.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

It's not a good idea to migrate anywhere these days! Stay home!

so many people from around the world need to stop running, they should stay and fix their own country

Very strange that her family does not want to see her nor interested in what she lived through, only that she has come back empty handed. (10:00) I am wondering what kind of family is that?

Africa needs to change for the better because innocent African people are suffering so much.

Not only are these people entitled to foreign countries aid they are also entitled to their own country aid??? I don’t understand…

If a family is able to put large amounts of money to send their family member on an trafficked voyage, which comports deadly risks; then they should be able to exert the same efforts to start a family business together, instead

STAY IN YOUR HOMES.... work on your own country. we are broke

I dated a Ghana man this year. He told me he had a phone here in America, and a Ghana phone. He could only use the Ghana phone when calling home because if he uses the Anerican phone, he’ll be hit up for money. Africans see their relatives as meal tickets, and you will be shunned if you have no money. The woman stirring the cosmetics, she has the best perspective. It’s not an adventure if you’re living in a country where you can’t earn a living, your kid can’t go to school, and you may even end up dying to get there. It’s when you see how really horrific things are elsewhere that realize that home wasn’t that bad

You understand the importance of your country after a failed journey to Europe.

Fight for your country- like every one else has!

When I was in school, someone in my class went to the US on holiday. When she came back she said it was a bit of a culture shock to see homeless on the street who were white. And my uncles went to the UK on holiday many decades ago. His shock was at the sticker price for small things like a cup of tea and toast. He said you might be earning pounds, but you are spending it in pounds too. 29:27 Well that is a problem too. There are a number of youtube videos of those who got jobs and are working abroad and some of them are becoming sick of only being seen as an ATM. They have bills to pay and see Facebook of their family back home partying and living the high life that they cannot afford where they are.

You send money to your family that doesn't even care about you. Why?

Wow, their families expect them to come take money from our countries to send to them and they themselves still expect hand outs even when they go home??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

26:03 😢 the father just said "even if you die in the water it is better" that is how African children are commodified. It is heartbreaking😔

If the life you want requires handouts then you need to pick another path. Barring being too ill or disabled to work, or losing your home in a fire, natura ddisaster, or war, expecting the government - much less a government where you are not a citizen is a set up to get let down.

Africans must learn to stay in their own different countries and make their countries better. How? The first thing is to work the soil. PlNt food in your yard. Small plots of vegetables do wonders. Plant mielies, pumpkins, beans, etc. in your fields. Work hard and slowly, but surely you will succeed. The practice of going to other countries and be a burden there is a worrier to the citizens of those other countries.

So sorry- time to leave!! How is it possible that millions of people are so ill informed??? Im an AMERICAN- It is so expensive in America to live because we are paying for everybody who has come here illegally! Not by choice!! They take money from our paychecks and we are stuck paying for these people! Its so bad here, i work full time and i am living in a womens shelter!! Im homeless- just to pay for other peoples homes!! Thats how taxes are working for you! Eventually its going to be your turn if you come to America. I was born here and i dont get anything free. I never asked for anything free! But now because i am paying FOR YOU, I DONT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON MY OWN!! IM AN ARMY VETERAN AND I DONT GET ANYTHING FOR FREE- THINK ABOUT THAT! Its complete insanity!!!!

And that's why that place is very unsuccessful and never will be

Wow she has no money but has 6 kids!

Why didnt they invest in their own communities, work together and make things better where they live....they seem to expect free money from the countries they illegally go to and then they want free money from their country when they return home.

My advice to all these young men .. go to anther parts of your country and look for your self and form a small family and work together .

Sneaking into countries that don’t want them

Boo Hoo… How about standing up for your own country. If you have problems there. Fix them and stay in your own. home..

Borders are to be respected. They should invest in their own countries.

Those 3 guys in the end are delusional

If they can save up so much money to pay the cartels and to travel to Europe, why dont they use that money to start something where they live instead ? They can stay with their family and have somewhere to live and eat. it is insane to me that they will put that much effort into being an illegal migrant but won't put any effort into making something of themselves where they live and contributing to their own community.

He was lucky to return home alive but he can be the cause of his girlfriend's death. Also this is one of the cases that the UK can learn to send back the illegals migrants that are being sent to Rwanda instead of their own countries. It's for the authorities of that countries to receive them or to send them somewhere else.

This is great! Stop FLEEING and fix your homeland

Sometimes as Afrikans we like to blame everyone but ourselves and i don't know why we are like that but what I've noticed is that since rise of the woke/pan-africanist gang Afrikans we on some relentless victim mentality. The past can never be changed but dwelling on it instead of drafting our present and future the way we want it will take us nowhere.

the hell of unrestrained population increase

I am speechless after watching this. Thank you for sharing. I hope more watch, listen, and learn, as I did.

I don’t understand how can you say you have no money but you carry a smart phone?

With more automation, fewer people will be hired in the West. Am not sure that word has made it's way to these countries.

Does anybody care? Constant demands for handouts.

Enough is enough. First world countries are full!

in the meantime, people are protesting and crying over slavery that was over for centuries in America. Why don't they talk about the current slavery going on? SMH

I wish I had the power to stop the suffering of people

If you don't come back with lots of Euros you are frowned upon. . Seems like there are lots of opportunities. . the lady selling cosmetics is not suffering, she is able to take care of her son

Selling your birthright has always been the wrong to do. So many claim to be Christians but don't understand the lesson of Esau and his birthright.

Do we Plan before having children ?

La côte d ivoire d'antan nétait pas même xénophobe. Et si aujourdhui on parle de ce phénomène qui consiste à rejeter les proches qui nont pas eu de succès a létranger alors la Société africaine est sur une pente très glissante. Si rien nest fait nous allons tous échouer. Yako

Average Italian , Spanish , French , German, British , Europeans are BROKE , they live paycheck to paycheck and pay huge tax .Not better than our life in Africa , that is what I saw .

Looks like there is plenty of work to do in Africa. Roads to be built. Infrastructure to be put in place. Etc. But still dirt roads .....really!

Why do these people feel the world or other countries owe them anything. That they have not put in the system. It’s not fair for working taxpayers that has put in the system for years.

Why don't they try improve where they are?

Thank u for doing English voice overs cos its very hard to read subtitles when listening to your interesting 👍🏻utube videos while driving or doing housework or exercising etc 😅

The grass always seems greener somewhere else especially where free social systems. Fix your own countries.

But what entitles them to anything?

Beautiful people stay home and make it the best place to be. May god bless you.

I do not agree with those families and friends who reject other people just because those people chose to come back and they struggled to make money. Those family and friends must stop expecting money from immigrants. Yes some foreigners are living good life but not all of them

It such a Shame that she was devalued by her family members. 😢

The lady in Cote d'Ivoire at 06:28 is working for herself, making a living providing meals for construction workers and her neighbors. She mentioned she is supporting 7 people on the money she earns. This is my definition of being successful! She feeds the people she loves and provides a needed service to her neighbors and the construction workers, all while working from home. She has no expenses for transportation, she doesn't waste time on a daily commute, she can parent her children while she works.

Watching the demolished houses of the poorest of the poor WITHOUT compensation of any sort sent chills down my spine because THIS is exactly what is STILL happening in Lagos Nigeria.....Heartbreaking😭😭.

These migrants act the same way in their home country as abroad. 14:19 In both sides of the world coming with lists of demands🫴 . What could be the common denominator. Someone misinformed them about how economies and societies become and stay functional.

Fellow Muslim nations really take care of each other don't they?

I pray for these returnees that God will bless them and give them provisions.

Why should anyone help these people?

Seeing this on the other side of their journey is absolutely heartbreaking! Family can be your biggest enemy and abuser and user.

Failing to integrate to the country you move to always causes problems

I’m curious why these migrants are unable to ask their own political leaders for a better life & future in their own country? I ask because when they make the perilous journey to EU zone and are lucky enough to claim asylum, they have no hesitation in asking for better living conditions from EU political leaders. 🫤

👠 THERE'S 👠 NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!! The truth is you can make it! STAND YOUR GROUND. 🚪🚙🏡 ✨Home✨

Sad is that they send back just good ones and not dangerous criminals

Increased prosperity should equal job opportunities for young people. You don’t need qualifications to work at the mall, hotel, restaurant etc. Former employers won’t hire them?!?! That’s sick.

It so crazy that the ones trying trying and are willing to risk everything to bring some money to the family are not accepted when they return empty handed and the ones staying home and taking the easy way waiting for money to come from the ones that risk their lives to go to Europe are leading vendetta against the ones that failure . that is Crazy .. Europe is not a paradise. yes we live in stone houses as it can get very cold but poverty is not always noticed but is here and things are getting tough since the war and since USA have problems it reflects on Europe as Europe depends also on how USA and the dollar goes. When you are poor in a warm country but can manage to get basic cloths and foods for your family it is better then being poor in a cold country. We use to have social programs for the sick and poor but that is also falling apart nowadays. It is crazy that young parents in Africa, that can provide for them self, chose to sit in front of their houses and wait for their sons to feed them. We don’t have that here. We try not to lean too much on our children and lot of elders work even if they are over 75 years , The support system is falling apart as nowadays it seem there are more people asking for support then people working to pay for that support. People tend to forget that the ones working are providing for the ones that cannot work . Each country has a “pot” where workers put money in monthly . So you pay almost 40 to 50% of your salary or income to the government for the taxes and welfare”pots”. They can set something like that up in Africa . If millions of people are obliged to put even a very small part of their earnings in a community-saving then from that money poor people can benefit from IF they cannot find a job or are disabled. But you must accept any job when available . But the corruption in Africa is maybe worse then the corruption in Europe or USA. IF the corruption is too big this will fail as the ones that have too guard the welfare money will use it for them self or for their friend and relatives. And this will keep Africa at the bottom of the worse doing continents .

Bro ran out on his son and his girlfriend....COWARD!

The reason Europe is attractive is because the citizens have persevered through great hardship, taxes, to reach where they are. Dont be greedy. Stay home and fix your country for future generations.

Africa is too far behind compared to Asia, Europe and America. Unfortunately it will be poor for a very, very long time.

So, as I see it, if you leave, the only use your former family has for you is to go to another country, do whatever you have to so that you can send money back to the family. If you cannot do that, they have no further use for you.

stay in africa..make africa great

Here we are struggling in Europe with 4 babies but family members make us feel we have to give for other people's babies back in Africa and they are not even married. It's like they are having babies so we can take the money from our babies to those other ones. Here we waited to get married before bringing the babies. Now because we say no they don't call. But they call before I as the wife can ask for this money for food. So I was in a cycle where I was single handedly buying food and clothes while my husband was sending money for other people's babies. But the interest seems purely financial. I tell my husband if he continues he will lose everything because he doesn't have anything saved if he has to go back those people will not help him. I am the only one helping him here.

HORRIBLE societies. Put so much pressure on the YOUNG, rather than working/fighting to change their countries

While in Europe the people that work as drivers and/ or work independent and don’t work for a boss and have a small house earned by working for him self are admired and lots of people are jealous of them. Working for a boss is less admired then people working for them self

Hopefully this will encourage more to stay put and build their own countries.

These women appreciate the things You could do for them and Family.

Thank you for an intelligent and non-divisive approach to this documentary. I wonder if the situations in Europe and Africa parallel what we’re experiencing here in the Americas.

In a way, we are all on our own to make it in this world...we simply do the best we can ...good self worth and the way you conduct yourself is an indicator of future success.

I am a migrant, and my family would have never ever seen me as an investment, no matter what.... They love me so much that they rather have me back home. These returnee migrants shall be welcome with open arms and love, and not be treated as mare objects, because after all, they are all human beings.

In most cases it is a mistake to go to Europe. Play stupid games. Win stupid prices. If your a doctor or nurse you can get a proper job. If your not a doctor or nurse you will be cleaning floors or working in restaurant for so little money that you will be hungry. If your lucky you can eat some of the food customers leave on their plates. You will be lucky to have a bed in an apartment full of beds. You woud live better in Africa.

SO SAD!!! AFRICA MUST DO BETTER FOR THIER CITIZENS

I like the "return to Ivory Coast" part

Wow No matter what our families do with their lives at home or abroad they are Family and are always welcomed home whether they're Successful or Not. Home is just the stepping stone to whatevers out there and to also Keep you Grounded💯

If they know that Europe is not heaven some people work hard to survive in Europe is not paradise Africa got natural resources they just need to come together and work together to improve the continent for the next generation the best are leaving for Europe when they can be an asset for the country in Africa

Not our problem!