In a time where crossing from the southern shores of the African continent to the European shores in the north, has become immensely difficult, Morocco has turned from a crossing point, into a dwelling place for thousands of immigrants coming from countries south of the desert.
I had met him before near «Casa Voyageurs» station. He comes nearer. It rains lightly tonight and it’s cold in Rabat. There are a few signs that he changed a little. He became thinner. But his wholly clothes are warmer that the light ones he was wearing some months ago when we first met in Casablanca. The one thing that he has not changed is the polite tone which characterise his calls for help, in French mixed with Moroccan dialect.
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