L’Espagne via le Maroc à la nage : quatre Sénégalais, dont une jeune femme, racontent leur calvaire dans l’eau
Their attempt to cross to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta quickly turned into a nightmare, marked by police repression, panic, and a near-drowning. Les Échos recounts the journey of four Senegalese men who left Tangier hoping to reach Europe.
Aliou, 36, Khady, 28, Malick, 37, and Ibou, 34, set off after hearing that "the border is open." Arriving in the mountainous area near Ceuta with many other migrants, they recount being confronted by Moroccan security forces. Tear gas, panic, and violence drove them toward the sea, the newspaper reports.
Faced with the danger, the same source continues, Khady, Malick, and Ibou finally gave up and returned to the Moroccan shore. "At one point, I realized I couldn't go on," Khady told the newspaper. Malick also summed up the ordeal: "In the water, your body decides for you."
Aliou, however, continued his crossing and reached the Spanish shore. He claims, however, that he was subjected to further violence there before being thrown back into the water, reports Les Échos. Injured, he had to swim back to the Moroccan shore. "I just wanted to live," he told the same source.
At the end of this ordeal, the four Senegalese men are left with the memory of a European dream that turned into disillusionment. "We just wanted a better life," Khady sums up. "We're leaving because we want to help our families. We're not leaving to die," Malick adds.
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