The migration crisis in Ceuta also raises many questions on the other side of the border. Many Moroccans miss that their authorities explain how tens of thousands of people were able to enter Spain in such a short time.
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We spoke with Fouad Abdelmoumni, economist and veteran human rights activist, from Switzerland, where he has lived for two years after suffering, according to his claims, sexual blackmail by the Moroccan security apparatus. He has also been sentenced in the first instance to six months in prison for stating that Morocco used Pegasus and says that his circle advises him not to return to his country.
Abdelmoumni believes that the reaction of the Moroccan authorities to what happened in Ceuta has been insufficient and finds it unlikely that something like this could go unnoticed by a state with such a strong police and intelligence apparatus, although he acknowledges that there are no sufficiently solid sources to prove that there was an organized plan.
The former director of the anti-corruption NGO Transparency Morocco and member of the Alliance of the Federation of the Left party points out that the deep discontent not only affects unemployed young Moroccans: there are also workers who consider their conditions undignified and many young women willing to risk their lives to seek something better. Opportunities, he denounces, are monopolized by an elite linked to power, and this dedicates much of the resources to projects like the Football World Cup, instead of investing in stable education, healthcare, and employment.
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