Sub-Saharan struggle in Morocco:

Sub-Saharan struggle in Morocco:

Facing a Life of Difficulties and suffering with Strength and desire of self-Improvement

For a long history Morocco has been a transit country for Sub-Saharan migrants running away from wars and political persecution or simply seeking better chances in Europe. At the begging of the 1990s more and more migrants found themselves stuck in Morocco and forced to stay for periods longer than excepted. Morocco turned from a country of emigration then into a country of transit and finally into a county of final destination or what we can wall permanent transit. Political turmoil in Sub-Saharan countries pushed thousands of migrants to flee their home countries and seek better chances in Europe. On the other side, Europe became less tolerant towards irregular migration and imposed strict migration laws and border control measures to prevent those people from getting into European soil. The new variables forced the transit-migrants to stay in Morocco for periods longer than expected. Since Morocco is a country of emigrants one would expect that the Moroccan state and people would be more sympathetic towards the new Sub-Saharan migrants, but surprisingly enough the situation was different. Sub-Saharan migrants face a lot of hardships that start with physical violence, abuse, discrimination, and don’t end with constant fear of deportation. Examining the hardships and the difficulties Sub-Saharan migrants face in Morocco shall be the main objective of this paper. Conducting a series of interviews with Sub-Saharan migrants shall be the used approach to draw out the difficulties they face and give insights into their lives. Focusing on individual stories of migrants and their epic fight in Morocco shall be the used strategy because presenting quantified data is difficult considering the limitation of time and resources. By focusing on the daily tragedies that the Sub-Saharan migrants go through every day I argue against the famous Moroccan sense of "hospitality" .

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