The asylum that does not arrive in Ceuta: “I am Palestinian, I crossed swimming and they tell me nothing about my application”
More than 2,000 refugees are waiting for their international protection claim to be resolved.
The hands of the Palestinian Saddam Yaser are tied to a small black bag that he carries across his chest. He holds it tight, as he walks along the promenade that surrounds the Trampolín beach, where he has been killing time for thirteen nights now, since he swam to Ceuta. If these days could be defined with verbs, his would be waiting and protecting.
Waiting for the authorities to process his asylum request and protecting the documents that prove that the process has already begun. He is terrified of losing them, of having them stolen, of being left abandoned in limbo. “I know that I am not my papers, but also that without them I will not be able to be anything,” he says, always conjugating in the future.
What he will do when it is resolved whether or not he is eligible to be granted the right of asylum in Spain.
Translated by urgent.news. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
