Migrants ‘stuck in no man’s land’ between Morocco and Algeria for WEEKS
MIGRANTS have been trapped in a muddy no man’s land between Morocco and Algeria for more than two weeks.
Illegal immigrants have been trapped between Morocco and Algeria for more than two weeks
Thirty-four illegal immigrants, including 12 minors, were stuck in the area according to anti-racism and pro-migrant group Gadem.
The migrants were arrested in the northeastern Moroccan border town of Oujda sometime between March 2 and 10 by border police officials before being “dumped” on the other side of the border.
It is believed the migrants, who hail from sub-Saharan Africa, had no food or drink for days.
Migrants in a field escaping Moroccan immigration officers on July 2, 2015
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The Gadem spokesperson claimed the refugees were “beaten up” by Moroccan border officials with “sticks” as they were being taken back to the border, and had suffered “several blows to the head, arms and legs”.
The migrants, Gadem claimed, were beaten to a pulp by members of Algeria’s “border hunter” force as they attempted to cross into Algeria, before being dragged back to a ‘no man’s land’ and “abandoned”.
The undocumented migrants are from Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Cameron and the Ivory Coast.
Migrants on a boarder fence separating Morocco from the north African Spanish enclave of Melilla
They have been stuck between two lines of border police for “days, if not weeks,” and have “no access to food or water,” the charity claimed.
Gadem officials on Tuesday condemned the brutal beatings, and said that the one of the two countries “had to take in” the marooned migrants.