Voie de service- service road (Swiss Stories 2011, by Christophe Chammartin) - Swiss Press Award
Das magazin
Christophe Chammartin
Leave? Sitting in front of your door, for 5 years, you haven't worked. Your parents don't understand. You don't understand them. What future is there here in Mrirt, a small town in the Moroccan Middle Atlas? So one morning, you decide to leave. Why not try. You have nothing to lose. You saw your friends returning home with cars and euros. Why not you? It can't be worse! I would probably do the same... At 22, who doesn't dream of freedom, adventure, and a better life... You leave without saying anything, without saying goodbye, angry. How else to do it? Cross the border, hidden under a truck with the benevolence of the union that awaits you. Once, twice, three times, start again to reach the green Eldorado of Almeria. In the three months you've been living hidden in the heart of the plastic greenhouses, you've worked two days, 50 euros. Your sister lives in the same region, your brother too. I think it helps you sometimes. And if the Spanish government sends you back, you already know you'll come back to try your luck in Europe. Moheb, a young Moroccan immigrant in Spain, hopes to find work in intensive agriculture. To better understand the reasons why thousands of Moroccans leave their country, we went in search of his parents living in the Middle Altas. Beyond the obvious financial motivations, we found something more universal, which touches on the very nature of humanity, the dream of freedom hidden within each of us.
