Moroccan Struggles in Ceuta

Right now, Morocco is better than Ceuta.

Because now when you go there, the shops are closed,

and the places to eat are closed.

They are our brothers, yet they starved us and can't stand us.

And the residents there, when we ask them for food, what do they say?"

We are hungry too, and the shops are closed to us as well."

They pulled guns on us, pistols.

Pistols, right in front of their police, they pulled pistols on us like this. Why?

We just wanted to buy with our own money, not...

We have money, it's not like we don't, but they didn't let us.

They closed everything and pulled pistols on us.

This country is not worth it, this place is not worth all this suffering.

Honestly, unless you are going there to emigrate,

then I agree it's worth everything.

But these people, even Jews are better than them.

And we struggled when we got inside.

They left us hungry, no food, nothing.

We suffered, and we've been there since morning.

No food, nothing, and they are fighting,

firing bullets, wanting to finish you off.

Ten, ten of you are a family and they don't spare you,

and the kids are left there starving.

There are no papers, no food, nothing, and the shops are closed, everything.

And people are dying right next to you, two people died right next to us.

They fight, they don't spare anyone there.

And we stayed there for three days, with no food, listen, no food, nothing.

And as you can see, we went in there, now we've been there for two days.

And what can I tell you?

The Moroccans there are the ones doing all of this,

Moroccans there are killing each other, you know?

The Moroccans roaming around Ceuta are the ones doing all of this,

they beat people up,

they hand people over to the police, you know?

And what can I tell you, people, it's better not to go up there again, honestly.

It's much better.

And even if people go there, they have nothing to gain.

Why? Because you get beaten by your own brother there, you know?

And the conditions there are miserable, there's nothing there,

they closed everything for us.

They closed the grocery store, they closed everything, nothing is left.

A cigarette costs 20 dirhams there.

Even a cigarette costs 20 dirhams there, there's nothing you can do.

What, are you going to stay there and die?

And they catch you, beat you,

and take you to the police station.

And the people there,

honestly, some are good, some are bad. Some take care of you,

give you food, clothes, and things, but the majority are afraid for themselves.

Because when they see so many guys and all that,

even for me, I would be afraid for myself.

That's it, that's how it is.

I spent two days there, the conditions didn't suit me, so I came back. That's all.

And I am sending a message to the youth not to risk their lives.

I mean, some have parents waiting for them, some have children.

They shouldn't risk their lives and come here, because it's pure misery.

Misery, misery, misery.

If you don't have someone there in Ceuta to look after you and help you,

you will just suffer.

My brothers, people are starving and suffering there.

People sleep in the forest with no food or anything.

That's it, people want to leave.

And other starving guys will also leave.

They locked them in, everyone will leave.

We've been without food for three days.

We aren't eating any food, and they've cut off the water from us now.

We can no longer even fill water from a small spring.

I'm telling you, brother, as a mother's advice.

And I have my own children.

It's better for them to stay with their mothers.

Because there is nothing to do in Ceuta, honestly.

We work, we commute back and forth every day, and we suffer.

And honestly, it's better for them to stay in their country.

We have plenty in our country, thank God.

They suffered, poor things, yes, they suffered.

They suffered for three or four days.

Some slept on the street for five days.

And it's better, we have plenty in our country, thank God.

Everything is available in our country.

Even if a person just eats bread and tea and stays with their parents,

there is nothing like parents' affection.

And all that stuff on social media is just lies, there's nothing real about it,

as if someone will just arrive and immediately start working.

I swear there is nothing there.

People can't even find a place to eat,

they can't even find a place to sleep.

I just entered, I brought food, it's still in the suitcase,

and I gave half of it to the kids there because I felt sorry for them,

and I gave them bottles of water.

People there can't find anything to eat.

I went in to look for my brother and my cousin, but I didn't find them.

I came from Oued Laou, I came to cross illegally, but it wasn't meant to be.

I spent two days there, it wasn't meant to be, that's it, it wasn't meant to be.

I'm going back, leaving my children behind.

I just wanted to save myself and save my children.

There's nothing to do, that's it.

Hunger and hardship, that's it, so we left in this state.

There's nothing to do, that's it. That's how it is.

Suffering. Suffering, hunger,

and hardship, so we came back in this state.