The desert or the sea

Young destitute people in the streets of Niamey. Corpses of failed African migrants on the beaches of Oran, now a tomb for the desperate. ­Ahmed Tiab ­asks how the former become the latter.
The investigation will lead Commissioner Kémal Fadil to the heart of a human trafficking organisation between North Africa and Europe. His journey will bring him into contact with his own country, still plagued by its old demons, and with a young woman, who has left behind her homeland, Niger.