Three Nigerian migrant children have died due to asphyxiation and calcination during a fire that ravaged their makeshift shelter in the wooded massif of Gourougou, north-west of Morocco, according to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMHD).
The AMDH announced the news on its social networks on Monday, January 24, reporting that all three children were under the age of seven.
“The mother, from Nigeria, made a fire to warm shelter and must have fallen asleep,” says Omar Naji, member of the AMDH, adding that “migrants found the little ones inanimate the next morning.
The mother was transported to a hospital in the nearby town of Nador, where she is reported to be “in critical condition,” suffering from burns, although the gravity of her injuries was not disclosed.
The Gourougou massif has become a refuge for many migrants from sub-Saharan Africa over the years, as they seek to cross a triple fence to reach the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
The AMDH has denounced the “precarious and inhuman life conditions” of migrants in the area, as it succumbs to very strong migratory pressure.
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