In Morocco, young people dreaming of reaching Ceuta face a dead end: 'I feel like I'm standing still while my daughter grows up'
- Posted on August 18, 2026
- By Le Monde
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In Morocco, young people dreaming of reaching Ceuta face a dead end: 'I feel like I'm standing still while my daughter grows up'
Morocco's youth, increasingly educated and connected, face precarious conditions, low wages and a cost of living that makes independence unattainable. Young people interviewed by Le Monde in the north of the country described a shared sense of hopelessness, which, at the end of July, drove many of them to attempt to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.