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Your country is like a mother.

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Do you know anyone who can leave his mother? Nobody can.

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But the living conditions are too harsh here.

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Al Hoceima is a city in the Rif region in Northern Morocco.

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The population takes to the streets for basic rights.

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The government labels them as separatists
and, in response, is repressing the entire region.

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When a fishmonger was killed four years ago
after a confrontation with the authorities

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the situation escalates.

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A popular movement is emerging,

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also known as the Hirak.

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Demonstrations reach Europe.

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Yet our media barely picks up on the subject.

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I want to understand what's going on.

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Before I travel to Morocco, I meet up with Mohammed.

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He fled Morocco and witnessed the events from close by.

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Mohammed Amzir

I fled from Al Hoceima.

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One year ago

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I came here without any papers.

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I will continue in Berber from now on.
- Okay.

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Mohsin Fikri, the poor guy.
They wanted to take away his fish.

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He bought them with his own money.

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But he also has to pay a bribe here and there
before they let his fish pass.

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But he refuses.

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So they took his fish and threw it in the garbage truck.

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He went after his fish.

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They then activated the garbage truck press.

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You've probably seen the images.

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A person keeps thinking about it and cannot sleep on it.

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Mohammed's best friend, Nasser Zefzafi, demands justice.

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He calls on the population to stand up for their rights.

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Mohammed Amzir

Enough is enough!

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Now we are going to come together hand in hand

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and get our righteousness back.

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We demonstrated for eight months.

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In peace.

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Hospitals.

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A university where our brothers and sisters can study.

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Employment opportunities, because we want to work.

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Those were our demands. Three basic needs.

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They answered us. Do you know how they answered us?

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They arrested us.

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Lots of young guys, even the little ones who still go to school.

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If I had stayed, they would have arrested me too.

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Protesters were arrested en masse.

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Mohammed's best friend Nasser was seen as protest leader.

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He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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I tavel undercover to Al Hoceima province.

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The area has been militarized and journalists are no longer welcome.

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As I approach the city, I notice the many checkpoints.

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There is a police officer on the corner of every street.

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And hidden behind a hill, between city and sea, is an army tent camp.

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We can't get any closer than this.

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Because for filming authorities, we too can get a prison sentence.

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It is day one and it is almost going wrong.

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We are being watched and chased.

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Fortunately, we quickly notice them and manage to shake them off.

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I've only seen black sunglasses.

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I'm not sure if I would recognize him.

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They're not exactly subtle.

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Uh-oh, police.

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Have you been calling Ahmed?

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Our guide points out that we risk being overheard when we contact relatives of protesters.

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His phone is tapped anyway.

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I was warned about the Moroccan snitch system but I did not expect that I had to be so vigilant from now on.

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We meet Hamza, a small self-employed person. He agrees to talk to us, but only anonymously.

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Hamza is not his real name.

You are not allowed to talk about anything. There is no free speech.

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The government appoints certain people to keep an eye on everything.

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When a snitch is working, he wears civilian clothes and has a drink in a bar.

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He overhears what people say and informs the police about it.

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He says: I overheard this and that. It's actually his job.

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They find them elsewhere, they are not from here.

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They go to someone who is completely poor.

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And they propose: We'll give you a bag of flour, oil and sugar in exchange for information.

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You see?

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It is they who have betrayed our brothers and sisters
and sent them to prison.

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I too feel more and more rushed
and decide to stay under the radar for a few days.

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But wherever we go,
we feel like we're being watched everywhere.

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We've been walking around in this town for only half an hour
and met two snitches already.

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Locals told us that in this street alone live four snitches.

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So you can imagine how many there are in this town alone.

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When we take a taxi, the topic of the protest movement
spontaneously arises between the taxi driver and our guide.

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We secretly record the conversation.

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Anonymous, taxi driver

I've been in prison for a year, myself.

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Why?

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When they arrested people, we protested.

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I was one of them.

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That's why they arrested me too.

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Just like that.

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Now they are looking for the ones that fled.
Those who emigrated.

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As soon as their papers are ready and they arrive here,
they will be arrested.

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- As if they committed a crime or a murder.

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Even then they wouldn't be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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If you kill someone, you don't get 20 years.

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Recently ... I don't remember where exactly ...

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A man murdered 5 young men
and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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He had connections with the authorities.

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A family member works for the police
so he got a reduced sentence.

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One of my friends work for the police.

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When the Hirak arose, he was being transferred here.

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They arrested my neighbour boy
and brought him to the commissariat.

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My friend said: Wait, I want to talk to him.

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They went outside and he said: Run!

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He brought him outside so he could run away.

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When a family member works for the police,
you don't have to worry about anything.

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You can do whatever you want.

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We visit the parents of former protest leader Nasser Zefzafi.

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Since the arrest of their son,
they are being closely monitored

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and their mobile phones are being tapped.

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Two weeks ago two Spanish journalists were met by the authorities
and were expelled from the country.

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To attract less attention, we wait untill dawn
to make further appointments.

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There are no snoopers.
- At his place?

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He even put up cameras for his own safety.

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Ahmed Zefzafi advised to arrive the other side of the house.

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Ahmed Zefzafi - father of protest leader Nasser Zefzafi

Ever since he was born, Nasser has been against injustice.

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When he didn't like something, he made a live video about it.

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The 29th of May he was arrested.

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They made him suffer a lot.

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It was so bad that his head had to be stitched.

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They hid the bloody clothes he was wearing
when they transferred him to Casablanca by plane.

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The state is obliged to provide him with medical assistance,
but they refuse.

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On the contrary. His medical file was kept hidden

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Zulikha Zefzafi - moeder protestleider

All those troops that had closed the road,
as if something big was going on.

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A complete blockade over the entire neighborhood,
nobody was allowed to pass.

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Then the police stormed in.
They smashed the door with a metal bar.

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They turned the house upside down.

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They really gave us a beating.

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Although Al hoceima has a prison,
the political prisoners are spread all over the country.

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According to Amnesty International,
there has been no fair trial.

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Leaked audiofile of Nasser Zefzafi

When the authorities invaded the house in which I was hiding,

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they beat me, kicked and spat on me.

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They threw me on the floor and undressed me.

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They took out their genitals

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and started to urinate all over my face and body.

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All this before the eyes of officials.

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Plus the rape

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while I was lying on the floor with my hands handcuffed backwards.

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They took my pants off and put a bat in my butt.

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A few of them rubbed their genitals on my face and from behind.

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Some things I shoudln't tell

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because I don't want to make you feel sick.

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But the situation forces me to say this.

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Zoulikha Zefzafi, mother of Nasser Zefzafi

When I hear all that, I go crazy.

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Aren't they ashamed?

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I can't even visit him.

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The younger, elder, women, girls,

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boys, engineers, doctors, teachers ...
They all took to the streets.

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All layers of Al Hoceima society.

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But they never lit a fire.

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They never destroyed anything, nor hurt anyone.

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These people are innocent so they should be released.

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After the arrests, nothing remains of the city.

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Recently an airline company was supposed to settle here.
What was the name ... Transavia.

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They couldn't get a permit so they had to go.

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Some Spanish came over to open a factory.

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I don't remember what it was for,
but they didn't get a permit either.

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- Why not?

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That's what we've been asking ourselves.

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Why?

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When we asked that question, our children were arrested.

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You see someone heading down the street with his cart
to sell vegetables.

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Then the police passes by and throws away his goods.

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We're not asking to support us,
but at least leave us alone.

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Breaking down a road, building a new one, break it down again
and rebuild it. That's all they do.

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The money wasted on such projects ...
You can't even call them projects.

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I am 33 years old and in the city where I live
they have already built the same road 15 times

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Everytime someone new gets in charge, he wants to prove himself
and carries out those projects.

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But the needs of the population lie with the basic needs.

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One of their requirements is a well-equipped hospital
with trained staff.

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These undercover images show you what a typical hospital in the Rif
looks like.

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At the very beginning, we asked for a cancer hospital
because the vast majority of cancer cases are situated in the Rif.

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- How come?

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The Spaniards used to attack us with mustard gas.

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Those gases are still in the ground and in the water.
We eat and drink them every day.

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So people in the Rif get sick from that horrible disease.

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But we don't have hospitals.
For that we have to go to Rabat.

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The government has then provided a hospital without a lift,
without doctors.

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They just put it there and put the money in their pockets.

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Thousands of people go there and there is only one doctor.

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When a poor guy enters the hospital

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they'll tell him: Go find medication, go find a needle,
get a grooming box.

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A poor man who has nothing and who is suffering
must first provide medication before he is allowed in.

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While we make footage of the hospital inside,
our guide hears some shocking news.

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Today a boy drowned off the coast of Al Hoceima.

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He was only thirteen years old.

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He's washed up.

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Bitter reality, huh.

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And a lot of them are leaving this summer.

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He talks about the many families who do not want to stay here
and flee to Europe.

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But even those who stay and have a job
barely make ends meet.

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Anonymous

Have you just returned?

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- Yes, but unfortunately nothing.

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Caught nothing?

- No.

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What can I catch with my small boat?

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I've been doing this for 55 years

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and it's getting nowhere.

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A license for a fishing boat is very expensive.

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It used to cost a lot less. A few hundred by boat.

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But now there are so many fishermen so it has risen to 20,000.

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Twenty thousand euros?
- Yes, really.

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Just for the license of the boat?
- Yes.

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I swear, really.

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Now it is really priceless. You're broke by just paying the license.

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Another harsh reality.
Too hard for some to sustain.

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About two months ago a boat left.

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Someone with all his children. To Spain.

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His wife was pregnant. She gave birth in Spain.

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So all those people and a pregnant woman?
In this tiny boat to Spain?

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No, it was even a smaller boat. Like the one there.

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A lot of people leave from here.

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Many Riffians dream of a new life in Europe.

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We're heading to Melilla, a Spanish enclave
from which many risk the crossing.

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Look! Look!

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Look at that truck!

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Yes, here.

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Look, they climb on it in order to cross the border.

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What is the probability that they will be stopped?

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Very big of course.

- The truck driver didn't even notice them.

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Then they are beaten by the border police.

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Tell me if I have to put my cell phone away.

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How crazy is this?

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This is just everyday reality.

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Every day, 24/7.

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The man is not aware of anything.

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Look, this is where he goes in.

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And then they're in.
- So that's where border control is.

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Do they also check in those trucks?

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Not really here, but later on.
Before they enter te boat.

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Keep filming.

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Look, here's the control.

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He noticed us!

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We got caught.

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We decide to cross the border by foot.

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The contrast with Morocco is great.

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For a moment we can leave the tension behind us.

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Melilla is a sunny seaside resort for tourists.
For others it is the gateway to a better life.

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How far has the situation escalated
when you are willing to leave everything behind at such a young age?

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I try to understand.

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Youssef, a young 20 year old who is about to make the crossing,
is willing to talk to us.

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Anonymous, Youssef is fake name

Here in Al Hoceima we look up to who succeeds in doing things.

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Most of them become hairdressers and go abroad
to get married and to stabilize.

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From then on they start thinking about a childhood dream.

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As for my parents, I had wanted to tell them for a long time
that I would not finish my studies.

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Most of my family already lives abroad.

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I have a 15 year old friend.

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He quit school.

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He wants to make the crossing to Spain while he is still young.

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He can become a soccer player.

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Almost all of my peers have left Al Hoceima.

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Some of them didn't survive.

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Others were arrested.

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In the evening we buy roasted sunflower seeds.

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De salesman is very young.

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We notice that the package consists of a mathematics course.

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Hassan - Teacher

All they think about is going to Europe
 because there is nothing to do here.

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They risk their lives.

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These young people have come to the point
where they no longer have faith in this country.

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They say they cannot achieve anything with their studies.

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They will not get a high position anyway.

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There are many people with diplomas who just sit at home.

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Hassan is a teacher and used to work in the Netherlands for a while.

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With his experience he wants to educate the young people.

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The government doesn't support him in any way.

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You will not receive material for activities.

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There are no sports grounds where I can work with them.

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If you want to organize an outing,
there are certain conditions and problems that you will encounter.

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You are forced to give up.

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There is no support.

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You have to pay for everything out of your own pocket
if you want to organize something.

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You even have to buy a pen yourself.

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The longer we are here,
the more our fear turns into misunderstanding and frustration.

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Like the population, we feel powerless.

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Those who speak up, are arrested.

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Those who stay have no future.

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Whoever leaves, neither.

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Illegal emigration.

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Some succeed, others drown in the sea.

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Those who succeed, get into trouble when they arrive.

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They have no residence documents
because they are residing illegally in Europe.

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Those who consider leaving to Europe, think: I prefer sleeping on the street over staying in Morocco under these conditions.

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You see, we own nothing at all.

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If they'd only invest in our country and create employment,
nobody would think of leaving.

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Sometimes you want to leave,
sometimes you prefer to stay.

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It's very complicated.

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As a hard-working independent man, I can barely support my family.
And then I should emigrate?

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There must be a solution that addresses the roots of the problem.

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But to all emigrate illegally ...
And if so, whereto?

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Will Europe receive 30 million Moroccans?

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It's a tricky situation.

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21:57:20

Nasser, the frontman of the band Agraf,
is not giving up.

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He sees music as a means of protest.

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Nasser El Ouazizi - frontman band Agraf

In the Rif, music is a means of conveying history.

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People don't read books here because there aren't any.

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They deliberately keep us illiterate.

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I decided to sing about it,
even though I knew we wouldn't stand a chance in Morocco.

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I knew I wouldn't get any more calls
 because there are no independent festivals here.

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Everything belongs to the state or is connected to the state.

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The economy of Al Hoceima is long gone.

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Everyone must now figure out for themselves how to survive.

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What can you do?

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It's a waste of life.

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There's no education, no employment.
Before you realize it you're 40 and still waiting for a miracle.

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The Rif is a rich area.

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We have a sea, but now the harbor is even closed.

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The government wants us to leave.

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They bully us by isolating us.

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The Riffians now mainly count on support
 from European Moroccans

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who visit the area during the summer.

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When the European Moroccans are in Al Hoceima,
everyone is cheerful and in good spirits.

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As if it's party time.

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People are working, they have things to do.

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But from the moment they all return to Europe ...

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people are like leaves from a tree.

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Leaves falling from a tree.

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From the moment they're gone, everything closes.

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As long as the corruption of the Moroccan government remains unchanged,
and demonstrations are nipped in the bud,

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the Riffians have nowhere to go.

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The situation is hopeless.

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We are now one year later.

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Nasser Zefzafi and other political prisoners
have gone on hunger strike several times.

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For them there is only one way out:
to be released or to die.

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Two members of the band Agraf fled to Spain.

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But frontman Nasser keeps using his music as a way to protest.

Music lyrics

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Who stands up for his rights

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is sentenced in prison for 20 years

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together with is companions.

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He left his mom behind in tears

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wondering what he had done wrong.

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He only wanted to be happy.

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Mohammed continues to fight for the rights of the Riffians.

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Long live the Rif!

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Just because I'm in Europe doesn't make me abandon you,

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forget the Rif or forget about you.

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Until my last breath
I will fight for the rights of my brothers and sisters

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tot ze ons geven wat we vragen.