Two Moroccan migrants claim they were forced to leave Ceuta: “They told us that the decision to return us had already been made”
The Interior Ministry maintains that those who crossed into Morocco after the eviction from Playa Benítez did so "of their own free will".
Two Moroccan migrants, aged 22 and 25, who were sleeping in the informal beach settlements of Benítez, Ceuta, told EL PAÍS that they returned to Morocco on Tuesday because a police translator told them the decision to send them back to the neighboring country "had already been made" and that they were offered no opportunity to seek international protection or have their fingerprints taken.
"They didn't ask if I wanted to go back to Morocco. They threw me against my will," the 25-year-old claims. "They took us to hand over to the Moroccan Army," adds the 22-year-old. The migrants had been in the autonomous city since the massive influx on July 30 and 31, believing they would be transferred to a temporary shelter provided by the government.
However, they say they ended up at the border and were soon placed on a bus with Moroccan Army members, who dropped them hundreds of kilometers away from the autonomous city.
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