A Nigerian mother, whose 3 children died in a fire in Nador, succumbed to her injuries while in hospice care on January 30, prompting the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) to urge the Interior Ministry to intervene immediately.
Happiness Johans, a Nigerian immigrant camping in the northern forest in Nador with her three children, all under the age of 7, lit a fire near her tent which ultimately resulted in the death of her and her children.
AMDH reached out to Morocco’s Ministry of Interior, demanding immediate action be taken to resolve the “unsafe and inhumane” living conditions that migrants face.
“In the hospital, Johans kept saying that she wants to die,” reported AMDH Nador, asking for Minister Abdelatif Laftit to lift “the rent ban imposed on migrants in Nador,” which is pushing hundreds of migrants to live under makeshift shelters in the wilderness, making such tragic accidents less avoidable.
The AMDH explains in its open letter to the executive that despite opening an investigation into the fire, “the migrants suffer from difficult living conditions in the middle of the forest, especially during the winter season, and often light fires to keep warm because of the cold.”
The AMDH-Nador additionally warns in its correspondence against “the dangerous living conditions of hundreds of migrants in the forests of Nador” which have lasted for years due to the persistence of local authorities to deprive them of their right to housing.
This ban on renting shelters, be it private properties or hotel and hostel establishments, makes the migrants live in a deplorable state and perpetuates their exposure to significant harm and danger.
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