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Pushback to Southern Morocco
The respondent is an 18 year old boy from Moroco, living in Tetouan, who made seven attempts to reach Ceuta. His first attempt took place while he was still a minor, but altought he repeatedly informed the Moroccan police of his age after being intercepted, they ignored him completely.
One of the attempts he remembers most clearly happened on 14th February 2026, when he was pushed back to Chichaoua, Moroco, after reaching waters close to Ceuta, following a swim from Fnideq toward the Spanish enclave.
Location of the police station where the boy was taken to
He reports that the Guardia Civil intercepted him at 10 p.m. and returned him to the Moroccan authorities at the border. There, the Moroccan police officers confiscated his phone and took his clothes, leaving him wearing only socks and underwear despite the heavy rain and cold temperatures that day. Around thirty people were forced to wait for approximately three hours before a bus arrived. During that time, police officers continuously insulted them and their families, and nobody was given food or water while waiting.
Once the bus arrived, the group was transported for around nine hours without food or water under the custody of seven police officers. The insults continued throughout the journey, and he recalls the humiliation and the cold as some of the hardest parts of the experience.
Chichaoua town, where the group was taken to
The group was eventually abandoned far from their homes, in Chichaoua, in the south of the country, with the intention of making their return more difficult.
overview
30 people ,
from Morocco,
aged between 18-45.