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DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI- MARCH 2008.Fast asleep on sheets of cardboard, twenty eight year old Abas Hassan Ulusow spends the night out in the open on the rooftop of the Hanwari Shop in the centre of Djiboutiville. After fighting in Mogadishu devastated his house, Abas fled Somalia with the dream of making it to Yemen and being able to support his family. Still holding out for funds from relatives with which to pay the smuggling gangs for the onward sea crossing, a week after he arrived here Abas is anxious to proceed with his journey but worried about the high prices being charged. Rumours are rife in town that the smuggler's middlemen are taking fares from the tahrib and then quickly disappearing without a trace. After chatting with new friends, he is now contemplating setting off to follow the dangerous overland route through Eritrea, Sudan and Libya that could eventually bring him to Europe. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Alixandra Fazzina)