In the Ivory Coast town of Daloa, tales like Marie Godo's of dreams shattered overseas are common.

The small town in the centre of the west African country is well known as a transit point for Ivorians looking to migrate.

For Godo, her failed attempt in Tunisia brought shame, but ended with her back in Daloa with a successful cosmetics business.

For some returnees like Godo, Daloa has become a new start, though for others coming back is not so fortunate.

"My family was counting on me and I came back with nothing," Godo said, recounting her failure in North Africa.

Helped by the Italian NGO AVSI to launch her business, she says she managed to change her life after 12 years in Tunisia, where she went to train as a midwife but where she encountered racism and lived off odd jobs.

"I came

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