Author: Hasna Belmekki
Media: Le Desk, Morocco
Date of publication: 17/12/2017
Title: Takaddoum, dernier ghetto avant l’Eldorado
Short summary: Morocco is a transit country for thousands of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa aiming for Europe. Over 2000 of them live in the Takaddoum area of the Moroccan capital. Forced to live in hiding from the start these men and women need to adapt to be able to survive. The article includes testimony from migrants ready for everything on their way to the “European Eldorado”.
Hasna Belmekki was awarded the Third Place, Radio Category Migration Media Award for her report “Women Trapped in the Transit Zone“. This is her second report developed with OPEN Media Hub support.
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