THE MINORITY GLOBE

Casablanca. Reuben Y. Odoi. / 22-02-10

Is there no other way of surviving in Morocco then being part of the immigration drug gangs who are legal in the country because of their dirty wealth? Illegal immigration had ruled and over ruled the rights of it victims for the crimes they some times do not commit.

It’s a pity as Sub-Saharans struggles very hard every day to create a sources of income to get their families daily breads, this time the hustler will pay a very big price in jail for trying to make a living on hard drugs. He is a thirty four year old young man from Ghana, who is residing illegally in Morocco with a family he had formed with a Nigerian girl friend.

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THE MINORITY GLOBE

Casablanca. Reuben Y. Odoi. / 11-02-10

We need a change which shall have no regards to race and religion, whether being Black, White, Chinese, Indian, Arab, Animist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian or Muslim.

It is still hard so far in breaking through without giving up; we are getting to hit the road again in aiming to send the message to those who want to hear it from us. Every move we make is very important in our daily lives, knowing that unity in diversity makes us all strangers on the globe. There’s no rights in vanity, when higgledy-piggledy take away our innocents.

Time waits for no one, every one don’t have time but every one can create the TIME, to show others we care and know their day today activities and struggle, which makes us to be part of this daily routine. This is what we as a musical band are doing in Morocco, we standing ahead of the time to put the smiles on your faces when ever you in trouble, listen to THE MORITY GLOBE and even when you have too much of joy please call on us so as to give the surplus of your happiness to those in need of that, like our brothers and sisters in Haiti today, who were devastated by a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw Earthquake.
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VIA REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

THE MINORITY GLOBE

Casablanca. Reuben Y. Odoi. / 04-02-10

The power of an old guitar.

Morocco is the “waiting room” for Africans trying to get to Europe.

OUJDA, Morocco . Erik German. GlobalPost / 08-01-10

In his eight-year struggle to find a home in Europe, Nigerian migrant Kingsley Okojie, 35, describes crossing oceans and deserts, escaping prisons and border guards and watching dozens of friends perish along the way..

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THE MINORITY GLOBE

Casablanca. Reuben Y. Odoi. / 12-01-10

When talking with illegal immigrants to try hearing each and every ones story and the reason why they are here in Morocco, I came across this touchable story. She is beautiful among African beauty queen when trying to class her physical appearance. Marie Zézé is twenty three years old, Liberian young woman with her son Reuben Peter who is a year old.

She was born in a happy family in Monrovia as she said; her father was a humanitarian worker for the Red Cross, during Charles Taylor regime. But ever since Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected as the first female president of Liberia, and as the first female ever to be elected on the African continent in November 2005, and took office in January 2006. There came a big change in the family’s revenue. Marie’s father lost his logistic work with the Red Cross, in the very day that the newly elected president decided to prepare a new regime with every thing new across the country, and was even able to also have power over humanitarian workers by sacking all old humanitarian workers and have them replace by new labours.
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THE MINORITY GLOBE

Casablanca / Reuben Y. Odoi. 26-12-09

Boxing Day is December 26, the day after Christmas, and is celebrated in Great Britain and in most areas settled by the English (the U.S. is the major exception), including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Some historians say the holiday developed because servants were required to work on Christmas Day, but took the following day off. As servants prepared to leave to visit their families, their employers would present them with gift boxes.

As time went by, Boxing Day gift giving expanded to include those who had rendered a service during the previous year. This tradition survives today as people give presents to tradesmen, mail carriers, doormen, porters, and others who have helped them.

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THE MINORITY GLOBE

Casablanca / Reuben Y. Odoi. 20-12-09

The year is almost ending and things are moving well to those lucky once out there. The blue sky is smiling to the rich people at this moment of the year as usual and always in this life.

It’s the Muslim New Year and the Christians Christmas today, every where is booming with happy celebrations. Every one every where on this planet earth is having a good time or I suppose that should be the case for those with the means.

I am an immigrant in Morocco North Africa, a country where there are so many marginalizations on Sub Saharan migrants. The situation here is as bitter for some people I see every day on the streets of Casablanca where I live. I seat and cry inside me every day when I see my Brothers and Sisters struggling hard risking their lives on the Ocean just to have paradise on earth, Europe as they call it.

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France proposes closing companies that hire clandestine migrants

France / 23-11/09

The French ministers of labour and immigration have joined forces to propose new measures to crack down on the demand side of illegal immigration. These range from fines to outright closure if companies are found to be knowingly employing undocumented workers.

Undocumented immigrants are exploited by human trafficking cartels, Minister of Immigration Eric Besson said, but this practice is encouraged by the fact that “they find employers and exploiters on our territory who abuse their situation.”

Taking a page out of the American strategy to combat illegal immigration, Besson said Sunday that he will submit a bill to crack down on those who employ undocumented immigrants.

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Too much african migrants pay to go to Europe, but finished in latin America

Argentina / 18-11/09

African migrants head for Latin America as Europe’s doors close

As Europe tightens its borders increasing numbers of African migrants are coming ashore in Latin America.

Some head for Mexico or Guatemala before trying to gain access to the US, others have no idea where they will end up.

One migrant said of his experiences: “One night I just went to the seaport. Then I took the ship. I was going to Europe. So later I found out I was in Argentina. The trip was terrible we were short of fuel and food.”

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This is real history.

Every day, around the word…

The Almería passengers were only found 24 hours after they made the call for help

Spain / 16-09-09

The eight passengers of an immigrant boat were finally rescued safe and sound early on Wednesday almost 24 hours after they first made the call for help from their boat adrift at sea off the coast of Almería.

They arrived at port in Garrucha on Wednesday morning and are all said to be in good health.

The Civil Guard and Coastguard personnel had been searching for them since 3am on Tuesday, when one of the migrants telephoned the 112 emergency number asking for help. They are understood to have set off for the Andalucía coast from Oran, in Algeria.

On the Canary Islands, a cayuco boat with 65 passengers on board reached port in Los Cristianos, Tenerife, on Tuesday evening after the migrants called for help when they were adrift at sea some 27 miles off shore. An estimated 24 of the passengers could be children.

Source: PUBLICO

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Protagonistas: En camino

Mohamed, acaba de llegar a España, tiene 23 años y es de Senegal, a a los 19 años, dejo su familia, y salió a la busca de Europa, con algo más de mil euros, para los trenes del mar, las pateras.

Mauritania, trayecto difícil e incómodo. Jadin y Mohamed son vecinos, de la misma calle de barro y sin asfaltar, donde jugaron de pequeños, hasta que los ahorros de los padres, les hicieron ser emigrantes de patera.

Una vez en Mauritania, se embarcan 48 jóvenes, incluyendo al capitán de seriedad intocable y mafiosa, de triunfo y éxito. Buen negocio, 48 sueños a mil euros la vida.

A las tres de la madrugada, ponen rumbo a Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Frío, temor, rudio, malestar, vomitos, temblores, peleas por el espacio, por el agua, lloros de bebe…

En el primer día de viaje, Jadim, empieza a tener los temores de la muerte, a sentirse mal, y a congelarse. Entre las olas, la ansiedad, y las expectativas, en lo único que piensa es en llegar. El frío y el hambre son secundarios.

Jadim, el mejor amigo de Mohamed, esta muy enfermo. Entre susurros y casi sin aliento le dice a su amigo…”Mohamed quiero dormir…Mohamed quiero dormir”. “Dios ayuda nosotros…Dios ayuda nosotros”

A día y medio de trayectoria, ya no se oye a Jadim. ha muerto, y nadie lo sabe, nisiquiera quien lo tenía entre sus piernas y lo abraza. Mohamed, que teme teme que lo arrojen a la mar, llora y aguanta hasta que el alba con su secreto. Al amanecer el capitan ordena arrojarlo por la borda. Mohamed ve como se aleja el cuerpo de su amigo flotando en el mar.

Un día más de agonía y Mohamed consigue llegar, demasiadas emociones. Su movil funciona, a pesar de la humedad. Se desahoga y llama a sus padres. Después habla con la hermana de Jadim, demasiadas emociones.

Suerte Mohamed.

Fuente: Antonio Martinez de Ubeda

La inmigración africana: Senegal

Serie de entrevistas con emigrantes senegaleses que realizadas por la revista PUEBLOS que pretende completar la visión de aquellos que desean conocer los avatares de la inmigración africana hacia Europa y España.

PIRINEOS SUR 2009. Romper el muro.

Pirineo Artagonés. Huesca. 18/07/09

Fantástico directo de Biella Nuei & Azawan. Aragoneses y marroquies mano a mano, tendiendo puentes entre Africa y Europa, en el proyecto “Casser le Mur / Romper el Muro” Un encuentro entre culturas y melodiás, con un resultado más que sorprendente.

“Casser Le Mur / Romper el muro” es un proyecto de cooperación entre los festivales Pirineos Sur y L‟Boulevard de Casablanca (Marruecos), con el apoyo de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID).

El hecho de juntar a mudéjares y beréberes, es una excusa para recrearnos en los posibles encuentros y relaciones (pasadas, y porqué no actuales) entre las melodías del Magreb y de uno de los centros más importantes de al-Andalus: Zaragoza.

En cette année 2009 où l’on commemore le 400 anniversaire de l’expulsion des Espagnols d’origine musulmane, les musiciens aragonais de Biella Nuei et cinq musiciens et artistes de la scène urbaine marocaine, vont unir leurs efforts pour bannir ce mur de l’oubli et de l’imcomprehension. Grâce à leurs rythmes, leurs musiques et leurs instruments communs, ils vont nous surprendre avec un repertoire qui se situarait entre la tradition et la modernité.