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Spain: Moroccan migrants in Ceuta call for right to apply for asylum

A Moroccan migrant on Wednesday argued he and other migrants had the right to apply for asylum, after crossing the border to the Spanish city of Ceuta, as the enclave marked its September 2 annual official holiday.

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00:00In Spain's North African enclave of Suerte, September 2nd is normally a day of celebration, when the territory marks its
00:08annual holiday.
00:09But not this year. More than 70,000 migrants stormed the border in late July.
00:16Most have left, but at least 5,000 remain. And many are still homeless.
00:22Yeah, well, I live here maybe now, I guess, 20 days near this camp. And the situation is, it was
00:34bad. In the first, it was bad because we were moving.
00:39Sometimes we live next to the centre, sometimes next to the buildings, in the beach, Playa Rivera, to Rio. And
00:48the military asks us to go here.
00:55The migrants still waiting in Suerte are hoping for permission to remain in Europe.
01:02But for these Moroccan nationals, the process isn't easy.
01:10The issue of asylum works against Moroccans because we don't have the right to apply for asylum.
01:21But black Africans have done so. So have other Arab countries, such as Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia, all
01:32of whom have been able to apply. So why not Moroccans?
01:37July's migrant influx has triggered anti-immigrant protests across the country.
01:43Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has accused right-wing social media accounts of trying to exploit the crisis.

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