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Amadou Soumaila

Barcelona, Spain, September 1, 2019. Amadou Soumaila, from Mali, was rescued from a drifting boat with 118 people on board on August 1, 2016, in the central Mediterranean, 20 nautical miles from Libya. He currently lives in Barcelona, where he has applied for asylum and is still awaiting a response to his asylum application. Meanwhile, he lives and works in the city. Photograph taken on the beach of Casteldefells, a town in the south of Barcelona, on a summer Sunday in 2019.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Casteldefells, Spain
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Cesar Dezfuli