If global media reports are to be believed, every person who leaves their home country in Africa is heading for Europe. That's simply not true. 80% of Sub-Saharan migrants are merely moving between countries on the continent.
Part of these journeys involve migrating to or across the Sahara, from Mauritania to Egypt. This is not a recent phenomenon. But from the beginning of the 2000s, the media and governments have focused on the minority of people who, having crossed the Sahara, went on to cross the Mediterranean - heading for Europe.
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