Haraga immigrants live in improvised shacks built near the port of Tanger, Morocco, 21 January 2007. Every day tens of Moroccan young men try to cross ilegally the Strait of Gibraltar. ?Harraga? (immigrants in Arabic) come to Tanger from all over Morocco. They try their good luck and hidden between the wheels of a truck they attempt to board on a ferry and get to Spain, eventually further to Europe. Considering the thorough checks at the port only few of them make it. Therefore they spend...
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Haraga immigrants live in improvised shacks built near the port of Tanger, Morocco, 21 January 2007. Every day tens of Moroccan young men try to cross ilegally the Strait of Gibraltar. ?Harraga? (immigrants in Arabic) come to Tanger from all over Morocco. They try their good luck and hidden between the wheels of a truck they attempt to board on a ferry and get to Spain, eventually further to Europe. Considering the thorough checks at the port only few of them make it. Therefore they spend months living on a beach, in huts along the walls of the port, begging for food and waiting for the right night so as their dream about Europe came true.
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