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<\/a>Blessy, her son, and Seh Picas<\/p><\/div>\n
We were fortunate enough to have three subsaharan people talk to us in Rabat about their experiences after migrating.\u00a0 Two men were from Cameroon and one woman was from Nigeria.\u00a0 The first man to talk had the best English of them all, the two men were francophone and the woman from Nigeria spoke pigeon -a dialect that was created in order to communicate without the colonizers knowledge- but not formal English.\u00a0 The first man to speak was Pierre de la Grange and founder of Collectif de Communities Subsaharienne en Moroc (CCSM).\u00a0 De la Grange claims that only 3\/10ths of subsaharan migrants plan to go on to Europe, 2\/10ths plan to remain in Morocco, and the remaining half plan on returning to their country of origin after spending time in universities.\u00a0 De la Grange came to Morocco for the jujitsu World Cup and stayed in order to help change the image of subsaharans in Morocco.\u00a0 He also collects clothing and bedding and hands them out to those in need.\u00a0 De la Grange mentioned that subsaharan students in Morocco legally found themselves judged just as harshly as if they did not have papers.\u00a0 Local police often gather up the subsaharans then take them to the desert and leave them, many legal students are caught in the mess just because of their origin.\u00a0 CCSM works with other NGOs like OMDH and AMDH who have adopted human rights universals upon which to operate.<\/p>\n
Seh Picas was the second man from Cameroon and left home because there was little options for him.\u00a0 He attended University of Yaounde I then worked as a for Club Safari, the biggest club in the city, and felt that he needed more so he made the long trip North.<\/p>\n
Blessy was the Nigerian woman who talked about her migration and life in Morocco.\u00a0 At one point during the talk, she swung her baby from where she was carrying him on her back.\u00a0 This woman traveled from Nigeria with one baby to Libya and stayed with her husband for four years.\u00a0 They decided that when the political instability began they would leave.\u00a0 Blessy and two children left for Morocco by foot while her husband went back to Nigeria.\u00a0 Blessy, pregnant and two children in tow walked 16 days to get to Morocco where she has been for two years. Her husband came as soon as she was able to obtain a room to rent.\u00a0 She said that with money the walk from Nigeria to morocco would take two to three weeks; however, without funds the walk could take up to two months.<\/p>\n
It was an interesting discussion because a few days prior we had a meeting with the editor of the magazine Gibraltar.\u00a0 In the first issue was a feature on a man migrating to Spain from Limbe, Cameroon.\u00a0 It was important to see what their lives were like once they reached their intended destination.\u00a0 Blessy would only go back to Nigeria if she had the ones but seems to be content here.\u00a0 However, she makes her living by begging.\u00a0 Her children go off to school and she goes to the street in search of the rent money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Amy Lane We were fortunate enough to have three subsaharan people talk to us in Rabat about their experiences after migrating.\u00a0 Two men were from Cameroon and one woman was from Nigeria.\u00a0 The first man to talk had the … Continue reading