“The problem with Morocco is that they know about corruption, but don’t care to stop it,” says Mr Mohamed. Seventy migrants succeed each day in crossing to Spain from Morocco, reports the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Poverty and lack of job opportunities drove Mr Diop, then 23, north. On the nights that Mr Diop smuggles migrants across the narrow stretch of sea that separate Morocco from Spain, he can’t sleep. “Half the people die, half the people enter, it is like life,” says Mr Diop, who is a devout Muslim, and prays five times a day.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2020 18:56 UTC