You walk down the street, look around and see many people: some faces are familiar, neighbors you have always seen in the area; others are new, perhaps recently arrived, perhaps faces of people who have decided to move elsewhere and who are now looking for a space in this new world.

Migrating is a transformation that not only involves a loss, but also a huge gain. There is a strong balance: it is true that you can have a double absence, but also a double presence when you change and when you transform.

Today, I am opening the diary of Lamine, born in Dakar, Senegal, a non-conformist man who decided to emigrate because he did not agree with the established order, because he did not agree that freedom of movement was the exclusive prerogative of the few.