“Goma is among the hundreds of thousands of refugees from Mali who suddenly arrived in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger as of 2012. I’m impressed by the quick response of these countries and international organizations, assisted by NGOs, which have managed to organize the reception of migrants while avoiding conflicts with the equally impoverished populations in the host countries.”

Extract from Retour à Tombouctou, Éditions Gallimard 2015.