Ivory Coast citizens rebuild shattered lives back at home

In the Ivory Coast town of Daloa, tales like Marie Godo's of dreams shattered overseas are common.

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EXPERIENCE. Claude Tanoh is a former migrant and head of the NGO, Diaspora, which educates potential migrants. Picture: AFP

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The small town in the centre of the west African country is well known as a transit point for Ivorians looking to emigrate.

For Godo, her failed attempt in Tunisia brought shame, but ended with her back in Daloa with a successful cosmetics business.

For some returnees like Godo, Daloa has become a new start, though for others coming back is not so fortunate.

“My family was counting on me and I came back with nothing,” Godo said, recounting her failure in North Africa.