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MOROCCO-MELILLA: African migrants look down on white-clad golfers in viral photo

24 October 2014

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"Behind them lay the makeshift campgrounds where they had spent months living rough, waiting for the right moment to climb the six-metre, razorwire fence lying between them and their dream of making it to Europe. In front of them lay an immaculately groomed golf course complete with white-clad golfers teeing off."

See the article: African migrants look down on white-clad golfers in viral photo - Realities clash as campaigner captures image of asylum seekers stuck on razorwire fence above elite club on Morocco-Melilla border (Guardian, link)

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