Immigrant Perspectives on Life in Spain

I like your Burberry shirt.

Yeah.

Very nice. Good brands. Everybody's got great brands here,

great phones.

So where do you come from?

I come, uh, from, uh, Morocco, Tetouan.

Morocco. And did you come on the day with everybody

else?

Yes.

So what made you leave your house that day and decide to come live here in

Spain?

I wanna make a good future.

Yeah.

And, uh, wanna be in a good, uh, life.

Yes.

Because in Morocco there is nothing, nothing to make you be better.

There's no ... I ... What did you study in Morocco?

Did you study something or did you-

I study, but, uh,

I, I, I didn't finish the study.

Okay. You didn't.

I go, I go to work.

Okay. You went to ... What did you do?

Uh, in mechanic.

As a mechanic. Okay.

Yes. And now-

So what's the plan here? What's your plan here in Spain?

We stay here until we can go to Spain, uh, Europe, until-

You're gonna stay here until you can go to the mainland Europe?

Yeah, yeah.

Where do you wanna go in Europe? Where do you wanna live?

I wanna live in, uh, Bilbao or Málaga.

Bilbao and Málaga. Why?

Because, uh, I like Málaga be- it's, uh, like my, uh, city, my

Tetouan.

Now do you feel like you are gonna be able to integrate into the

Spanish culture?

Because the culture in Morocco is very different.

It's governed by Islamic law.

Spain is a Christian country.

Yeah.

How do you feel like you're gonna be able to live in a Christian country?

Is that gonna be all right for you? Because I'm sure there's some beliefs

that are

very contrary to what you believe, right?

I can, uh, live in a Christian country because, uh,

there is a lots of Muslims in,

uh, Spain.

Spain is ... It's-

Yeah, yeah

... it's basically becoming Islamified anyway-

Yeah

... right?

Yeah.

Yeah. So would you like to see one day Spain

governed by more Islamic law?

Yeah, I want, I really want.

You would want-

Yeah

... like Sharia law in Spain?

Yeah, yeah.

What would that ... What would be different about, uh,

Sharia law as far as it is

now?

How, how would Spain be different if it was governed under Islam, you think?

It's gonna be a lot of thing, uh, changes.

A lot of ... Like, s- give me some examples.

Like the people, uh, they don't gonna be racism about Muslims

or about, uh, immigrants.

Okay. Why do you think there is racism about these immigrants?

Because they think them, uh, they are a n- they don't know nothing.

Mm.

They think, they think them they don't know any

language and, uh,

like they are, uh,

like, uh, dogs.

Like they're like dogs?

Yeah. Yeah.

Hm. But so you're saying you do wanna see

Spain's culture change?

Yeah.

You do want Spain to adapt to Islam?

Yeah.

Yes. Okay.

Don't you see why that would be a problem for Spanish

people?

Why they would say, "I d- I want my country to be as it was.

I want to stay a Spanish Christian nation." You say, "Hey, I'm coming here.

I came from Morocco. I just came over one day,

and I want you to convert to Islam."

In, uh, our Islam they say, "I have my religion and you have your

re- religions."

Yeah.

We, we can be together. We can live our life together.

Okay. Imagine that the Spanish government says,

"You gotta go home." What are you

gonna do? Are you going home? Are you staying?

I'm gonna stay here.

You're gonna stay either way.

Yeah, yeah.

But how? How?

I'm gonna go to, uh,

to say in, a, a place n- no one know where I am.

And you're, you're not leaving no matter what.

Yeah.

Well, good luck. Good luck.

I don't, I don't wanna, uh, back to home.

You don't-

Because, uh, there is n- I c- I don't have nothing to do there.

But what about the people who say, "Spain is my home.

Why are you in my home?"

Uh.

Fuck them, right?

Yeah.

Fuck them. Fuck them.

Yeah.

You know the word remigration?

No.

You're gonna learn it, my friend, all right?

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. We're gonna learn it real soon.

Thank you.