5. Dezember 2012

Algeciras


Überall Polizeikontrollen. Am Busbahnhof, auf offener Strasse und am frühen Morgen im Hotel. Klopfen an die Zimmertür nebenan. Guten Tag, Polizei, Personenkontrolle, sprechen Sie Spanisch, wo sind Ihre Papiere.


The International Hearald Tribune shows on its frontpage a picture of a subsaharan migrant beeing saved from the sea, saying: „Despite Europe's economic showdown, the number of migrants reaching Spain by boat from North Africa has risen this year, and more than 90 people have died trying to make the crossing from Morocco since October. On Monday, a migrant was helped aboard a Spanish rescue boat, one of 22 sho were pulled from the sea.“