Last stop Tangier, the new mecca for African illegal immigrants
Summary
TLDRCe transcript décrit les défis et les souffrances des migrants à Tanger, au Maroc, alors qu'ils tentent de rejoindre l'Europe. Les récits de migrants révèlent des conditions de vie difficiles, marquées par la violence, la discrimination et le rejet des autorités. Malgré leur détermination à trouver une vie meilleure en Europe, ils sont confrontés à l'hostilité de certains habitants marocains et à l'absence d'intervention policière lors des violences. Cette situation soulève des questions sur le traitement des migrants et la complicité du gouvernement marocain, mettant en lumière une crise humanitaire préoccupante.
Takeaways
- 🌍 Les migrants à Tanger, au Maroc, font face à des conditions de vie extrêmes en attendant de rejoindre l'Europe.
- 🆘 Beaucoup de migrants vivent dans des camps de fortune ou dans la rue, souffrant de la violence et de la discrimination.
- 🚧 Les tensions entre les migrants et les Marocains sont fréquentes, exacerbées par des stéréotypes et des préjugés.
- 👮♂️ Les autorités marocaines semblent inactives face à la violence dont sont victimes les migrants, laissant les tensions s'intensifier.
- 🔥 Les migrants rapportent que des camps ont été incendiés par la police, qui les considère comme indésirables.
- 🔄 Les migrants tentent régulièrement de franchir la frontière vers l'Europe, risquant leur vie à chaque tentative.
- 🏚️ Le squattage d'appartements vacants par des migrants est courant, mais ils font face à des expulsions violentes.
- ❌ Les migrants se heurtent à un refus général de la part des propriétaires marocains de louer des logements.
- 👥 Les expériences de racisme et de stigmatisation sont monnaie courante, renforçant l'isolement des migrants.
- 🌊 Le chemin vers l'Europe est semé d'embûches, et beaucoup de migrants se sentent coincés à Tanger sans espoir d'avenir.
Q & A
Quelles sont les conditions de vie des migrants à Tanger ?
-Les migrants vivent dans des conditions précaires, souvent dans des camps, des ghettos ou même à la rue. Ils font face à des violences et à la répression des autorités marocaines.
Pourquoi certains migrants essaient-ils de traverser la frontière vers l'Europe ?
-Ils espèrent être traités comme des êtres humains et bénéficier de meilleures opportunités de vie en Europe, loin des persécutions et de la pauvreté.
Quels types de violences subissent les migrants à Tanger ?
-Les migrants subissent des violences physiques, des agressions de gangs marocains, ainsi que des actes de discrimination et de racisme de la part de la population locale.
Comment les migrants sont-ils perçus par certains habitants de Tanger ?
-Certains habitants les perçoivent négativement, associant leur présence à des problèmes de propreté et à des stéréotypes comme Ebola, ce qui reflète une certaine xénophobie.
Quelles actions les autorités marocaines prennent-elles à l'encontre des migrants ?
-Les autorités marocaines effectuent des évictions et des destructions de camps, et elles semblent souvent absentes lors des violences entre migrants et locaux.
Quel est le rôle de l'Union Européenne dans la situation des migrants au Maroc ?
-L'Union Européenne est perçue comme responsable des politiques qui poussent les migrants vers le Maroc, tout en fermant les yeux sur les abus commis par les autorités marocaines.
Comment les migrants s'organisent-ils pour survivre à Tanger ?
-Ils s'organisent en petits groupes, créant des camps éparpillés et essayant de squatter des appartements vides, mais ils font face à des expulsions fréquentes.
Quel impact la violence a-t-elle sur la vie des migrants ?
-La violence crée un environnement de peur et d'insécurité, rendant difficile leur survie et leur quête d'un avenir meilleur en Europe.
Comment les migrants tentent-ils de traverser la frontière ?
-Ils essaient de franchir la frontière en escaladant des clôtures et en évitant les autorités, souvent au péril de leur vie.
Quelle est la perception des migrants sur la société marocaine ?
-Bien que certains migrants n'admettent pas l'existence du racisme au Maroc, ils subissent néanmoins des discriminations et se sentent souvent rejetés par la société locale.
Outlines
🚶♂️ Tensions et réalités des migrants à Tanger
Dans ce paragraphe, un groupe de migrants partage leur expérience de vie à Tanger, en soulignant la proximité avec l'Espagne et les défis auxquels ils font face. Les migrants, y compris Mamadou de Guinée, expriment leur désir de rejoindre l'Europe, mais ils sont confrontés à la violence et à la répression des forces de l'ordre. Plusieurs d'entre eux vivent dans des conditions difficiles, comme dormir dans la rue ou dans des camps précaires. Leurs tentatives de traverser la frontière sont souvent infructueuses et risquées, et ils révèlent les tensions entre les Marocains et les migrants, ainsi que le sentiment de rejet et de peur qu'ils ressentent.
🏚️ Conditions de vie précaires et discriminations
Ce paragraphe met en lumière la situation désespérée des migrants qui squattent des appartements vides à Tanger. Les migrants expriment leur frustration face au refus des propriétaires de leur louer des logements, même lorsqu'ils sont prêts à payer un loyer. Ils décrivent les violences auxquelles ils sont confrontés, notamment des attaques de gangs qui les chassent de leurs refuges. Les témoignages révèlent également la stigmatisation dont ils souffrent, notamment à cause de préjugés racistes qui alimentent un environnement hostile.
🔍 Violence et négligence des autorités
Dans ce paragraphe, un migrant témoigne de la violence vécue lors d'affrontements avec des Marocains, soulignant l'inefficacité des forces de l'ordre qui n'interviennent pas malgré la montée des tensions. Le récit dramatique d'une attaque où un homme a été blessé par un objet lancé depuis un immeuble illustre le danger quotidien auquel les migrants sont confrontés. Le manque d'action des autorités, qui semblent ignorer les violences, soulève des questions sur leur rôle et leur responsabilité dans la protection des migrants.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡migrants
💡violence
💡racisme
💡logement
💡frontière
💡sécurité
💡activisme
💡squatter
💡discrimination
💡communauté
Highlights
The proximity of Morocco to Spain facilitates a high volume of migration attempts, with many migrants residing in forests, on the streets, or in apartments.
There are existing tensions and violence between Moroccan locals and Sub-Saharan migrants, particularly in urban areas.
Migrants face physical dangers while attempting to cross the border, including injuries from falls and confrontations with authorities.
Despite efforts to cross into Europe, many migrants express a sense of hopelessness about their situation in Morocco.
One migrant has attempted to cross the border 14 times, highlighting the desperation and determination of those seeking a better life.
Many migrants live in makeshift camps, facing harsh weather conditions and the threat of eviction from authorities.
The Moroccan police have been reported to destroy migrant camps and belongings, exacerbating their struggles.
Migrants are often subjected to racism and discrimination, with derogatory terms being used against them in public spaces.
Moroccan locals express resentment towards migrants, attributing various societal problems to their presence.
The struggle for housing leads many migrants to squat in empty apartments, resulting in conflict with property owners.
A witness recounts a violent clash where a young migrant was killed, emphasizing the dangers they face in Moroccan society.
Authorities appear to neglect the rising violence, leaving migrants vulnerable and without protection.
The relationship between Moroccan authorities and migrants is complex, with accusations of complicity in local violence.
An activist highlights the systemic issues that allow violence against migrants to persist without accountability.
Many migrants see themselves as adventurers on a journey to Europe, despite the grim realities they face in Tangier.
The narrative illustrates the broader issues of migration, race, and socioeconomic challenges in Morocco.
Transcripts
even in the street people girls women
they do this when we get on the bus they
did it to me in the cafe are people
racist here no if people were racist
there wouldn't be any Africans living
here hi Cedric how are you hi Julian so
Spain is over there across the sea yes
just over the other side it's only
around 14 to 15 km away so thousands
migrants come here before traveling
across to
Spain some live in the forests others
sleep on the
street and some live in apartments there
are tensions between the Moroccans and
the
migrants any violence yes Cedric wants
to show us how close we are to the
European border we head to seota a
Spanish Enclave on the Moroccan
Coastline just a few kilometers outside
of
Tangier you can see Spain from here you
can see the Border fences the 7 m high
fences are migrants tried to cross them
yes are they the migrants you told me
about that live in the forest yes
they're trying to flag down
cars Cedric tells the migrants why we're
there many are afraid of being caught by
police but some agree to talk and even
insist on us showing their
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faces so how long have you been
here 6 hours at least 6 hours 6 hours
what have you got so far just
breakfast mamadu from Guinea offers to
take us to his
Camp
M where is it mamadu the GTO yes the
ghetto we'll go to the kitchen area
first the ghettos are scattered out we
don't put them all together because if
the police come they'll destroy
everything and we'll have nothing
left so there are several small ghettos
several camps
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yes when we get to the camp we see a lot
of migrants are hurt have you hurt
yourself yes bad
how did it
happen when I was jump in the fence at
the top of the fence so you managed to
cross the First Fence yes and the Civil
guard brought you back yes back to the
Moroccan side and you were beaten up by
the Moroccans yes I still have the
wounds you tried again on Sunday right
no Wednesday
yesterday yes some of my friends who
went out yesterday haven't come back yet
so people try every day yes we keep on
trying mamadu takes us to his tent a few
meters away seven people sleep inside in
The Damp
cold come inside come on in have the
police been
here yes they were here two days
ago what did they do they set
fire they destroyed the camp tore down
everything thing and then burned
it they don't want us here and we don't
want to be
here we want to get to
Europe I've tried to cross the border
about 14
times nine times over the fence and five
times over the
wall but I haven't succeeded
yet you risk everything to get to Europe
what do you think it will be like there
I'll be treated like a human being
unlike
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here we head to balf on the outskirts of
Tangi hundreds of migrants have flocked
to this neighborhood and coexistence
with Moroccans is far from
peaceful we're persecuted by the
Moroccans we don't have anywhere to live
and it's cold we can pay rent but no one
wants to rent to us we can't win that's
the fact of the
matter even in the street people girls
women they do this when we get on the
bus they did it to me in the
cafe they spray air freshen even the bus
drivers they think we don't wash but
we're clean people shout Ebola Ebola in
the street they call you Eola yes in the
street everywhere Ebola and other things
think there's a racism problem in
Morocco no no there's no racism in
Morocco if there is any racism then
there is good reason like
what they bother locals they live
together nine or 10 at a time they take
over Apartments they just walk into
buildings and take over Apartments any
apartment they
want most of the migrants here squat
empty Apartments before being forcefully
thrown out
some Moroccans are living in Europe but
have six or seven Apartments here we
asked if we can rent them but the owners
refus they would rather it remain empty
than have us Liv in there but we kept it
clean when the owner turned up we
admitted we broke in and expected him
back one day we asked him what he wanted
to do if we could pay rent but he said
no he wanted his apartment back so threw
us out
so this is where we are
now how long have you been sleeping on
the roof four months because you were
thrown out
downstairs yes the owner on the fourth
floor let us have the apartment but then
we were thrown out by
gangs gangs yes why they came with
knives swords we had no way of Defending
ourselves it's very dangerous here as
well when violence breaks out on the
street they come up to the roofs And
when they see us they say you get out of
here has anyone ever been thrown off the
roof
yes now we go to the ground floor when
there are problems because at least we
can run
away a young sagales man was killed in
clashes with Moroccans late August this
man witnessed it he himself was badly
hurt he takes us to where it happened it
you arrived at the mosque and the police
were breaking up the
fighting yes the police were between the
Moroccans and the subsaharan the black
Africans but when the police left a lot
more Moroccans came
back there were more of them than us I
saw it
all so the police just
left yes they left even though the
Moroccans had knives and machetes
This is Where I Was Heard down
here a Moroccan dropped a 50 kilo bag of
glass from the fourth story onto my
head I had to have an operation I was on
the ground bleeding for an hour and a
half an hour and 3/4 and I was in a coma
for 3 days
a man approaches us he wants to take us
to his apartment which is being squatted
by migrants who won't let him
in this is my
apartment there is someone inside and
they won't leave it's your apartment Yes
mine and there is someone inside do you
have the keys yes but they have changed
the locks three times
how long have they been
there two months no need to go
in is it your apartment no it's not mine
it's mine yes the other day the other
day I came and asked you to leave and
you
didn't open up so we can see what state
my apartment is
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in the authorities are in charge of
evictions
man up and say to me okay I'll leave
tomorrow I'll let you have your
apartment
back give me two weeks so I can find
somewhere else I've already given you
two weeks why did you choose this
apartment why
here I've slept on the street but when
it started raining when winter arrived I
asked a friend if I could stay
here so if an apartment is empty you
think hey I'll go and live there so if
someone has two cars can I just go and
take one the young man says he's ready
to leave and will be gone in 3
days why are the Moroccan authorities
unable to control the violence in this
neighborhood and on the day the sagales
man was killed why did they just leave
when it was obvious there was trouble
ahead we went to talk to an activist who
campaigns on behalf of undocumented
migrants do you think it's possible to
carry out the attacks that killed
migrants without the authorities
knowing no when you have a mob of people
coming to kill one person in broad
daylight I think the police would know
about
it so why let them take the law into
their own hands so they don't have to do
the dirty
work so the Moroccan government gets
locals to do its dirty
work but it seems the European Union is
is doing the same thing to
Morocco I think Morocco suffers from EU
policies but is also guilty of
abuses we returned to bual 3 days later
to see if the migrants vacated the
property so what
happened first of all he tried to ask
for some money there are five of them
now and apparently he never said he was
living alone so there are five of them
now and they are asking for trouble you
have to pay them to leave yes they are
making money from my house I have to pay
for the keys to my own
property there is nothing to
discuss we have the right to an
apartment we are human beings just like
you you should be looking after us we
are just passing
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through the police are to blame they
don't enforce the
law so what will happen will Moroccans
come and force them out yes but that's
the police's job but what will actually
happen they'll use
Force weary residents barricading
themselves inside their own homes
desperate migrants bual has become a
dangerous and volatile place to live and
yet the authorities are strangely absent
they refuse to talk to us our Observer
will carry on helping these young people
people who see themselves as adventurers
on a journey to Europe for many however
their Journey will end here stuck in
Tangier
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