While reading the article titled “For African Asylum-Seekers, a Treacherous Journey Is Only the Beginning” I was grieved by the lack of consideration and care given to Alphonse. It is sad to see that people with such high hopes of obtaining refugee status are being disregarded and mistreated. In our last class we discussed the differences between being a migrant and refugee and reading this article really highlights the injustices and inequalities of the system. This also connected really well to the other article “Hot Spots: What They Mean“. In a way this relates back to capitalism and how the EU and both Morocco put on more value of their economy compared to the rights of individuals within the individual countries. The system of the hotspots as mentioned in the article is made to serve as rejection for people who are genuinely seeking better lives and safer places.  Many migrants who attempt to make it out a just returned to a location where they have no ties or connections and this prompts me to the question of why to keep trying? As a migrant myself this question is seemingly easy to answer. They keep trying because they don’t actually have any choices. They keep trying because any chance of aiding your family and being saved and finding better life condition (although most times there is not better conditions) is better than death or being subjected to watch your family and friends suffer when knowing there is something that can be done. I only hope that the EU and Morocco come to a realization that the lives of these people matter and that their economies should not be their prime concern for the lives of thousands or even millions of people.