The money the Moroccan government received by Spanish helpers is used by the military of the Alaouita Kingdom. Throughout the weekend there have been raids in the cities of Casablanca and Rabat. No "black" could escape, not even those with official papers beeing notifying that they are asylum seekers for political reasons and who are under protection of the United Nations. Yesterday, Sunday 2nd of October, police station number 15 of Rabat more than thirty people have been arrested the whole day. They came from sub-Sahara asking for asylum.
Notifying, that they did not receive food or water but racist insults, they have been lucky. Others could not return to their houses, e.g. one of the arrested groups that we talked to in the police station number 3 of Rabat, district of Aynnada 1. There we met more then 50 african citizens locked up in cells. Among them have been nine asylumn seekers, a Nigerian, four Costamarfileños and four Congoleses. They have been brought into prison at 8 o'clock in in the morning. Three Costamarfileños, a Nigerian and an Congolés together with many others were embarked in buses until Oujda (at the border to Algeria) approximately at 10 pm. One of them, Adama, coming from the Ivory Coast, has a serious stomach-infection and was arrested when he got to the hospital. The police didn't let him take his medicine until today at noon. Adama finished by saying desparately" they say are going to take to us to the Sahara, so we would not return. The police told us that and started laughing. One boy is half dead, he lays on the floor and shows no reaction. He breathes but his eyes are all white and they don't take him to the hospital. I have all my papers, my inscription beeing asylum seeker. The thruth is, that I am more in danger here then in my home country with war going on."
We have listened to rumors that some groups are deported to the border of Mauritania, in the pure desert of Sahara. The territory is mined due to war between units of Moroccans, Algerians and the POLISARIO. Four of the asylum seekers are left in prison in Rabat, among them is a 15 year old Congolés all by himself. He suffered sexual harassments by agents of the police. Right now he is a bit more protected, but when he is really brought back to the border nobody can save him from systematic sexual violence.
Philip, one Congolés arrested, said to us: "Yes, here they don't like the asylum seekers, as they say. And we leave for another country. We never felt more mistreated and humiliated like in Moroccans, a country with an intolerable level of racism. We want the United Nations do something or this will turn out as a genocide paid by the Spanish and tolerated by the international authorities ".
At 4:14 am, 3rd of October, Morocco, nobody could guarantee for the security and the life of these asylum seekers or other immigrants coming from black Africa. Now we understand the words of a comrade from Guinea Conakry, who said: "I prefer to die in Spain then to live in Morocco".
