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Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa flee wave of police raids in Morocco | ||||
2022-06-26 | ||||
[France24] Families arrested at home in the middle of the night, herded into buses and then abandoned to their fate in towns in the middle of the desert — since June 17, members of the sub-Saharan African community living in Morocco have been contacting our team, frightened by the wave of arrests targeting migrants in Laayoune, a town known as a departure point for people hoping to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. Koffi (not his real name) is from the Ivory Coast. He lives in a neighbourhood called 25 mars (or March 25) in Laayoune, Morocco. The area is known as a gathering point for migrants hoping to reach Spain’s Canary Islands by crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Koffi says the recent wave of arrests has been particularly violent: The police arrive in the middle of the night, often around 5am, when everyone is still sleeping. They knock two or three times and if the person doesn’t answer, then they break down the door and make everyone come out, including the women and children. Some people are willing to take great risks to escape the police. A friend broke his arm jumping out of the window. Most of the people targeted in these raids are from the Ivory Coast,
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Posted by:Besoeker |
#2 What's the old saying, lie down with migrants wake up with monkey pox? |
Posted by: jpal 2022-06-26 15:03 |
#1 The Old Moor Maroc today is very poor And mourns her glorious amours. She even gave up Christian slaves But still builds mosques, for Allah saves! |
Posted by: Fester Pheretle6608 2022-06-26 14:55 |