[Slideshow] Migrants in Morocco: �We Live Like Prehistoric Men�

In northwestern Morocco, in the forests of Gourougou Mountain, several hundred African migrants are living covertly in remote makeshift camps, struggling to survive, and waiting for an opportunity to enter Europe. They are mostly young men from West African countries who have left their homes because they had no way to make money and who have left behind family members who are reliant on them, in the hopes of sending back support. Having gained the trust of these migrants, who hide because they are frequently targeted by the authorities, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) conducts monthly mobile medical clinics to their camps, providing primary health care, distributions, and psychological support. next Morocco 2012 © Anna Surinyach In order to reach his camp, which is up the mountain from the city of Nador, Abdou and other migrants have to walk a long distance. They go into the city to try to find work or to beg for a few dirhams, watching out all the while for the authorities. # prev | next Morocco 2012 © Anna Surinyach Nador, as well as the autonomous Spanish city of Melilla on Morocco’s coast, can be seen from Gourougou Mountain. Migrants have their goal always in sight, but for most it is an unreachable one. Many of the migrants have made multiple attempts and bear scars from trying to make it over the fence into Melilla and from there across the Strait of Gibraltar ...
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