At 19, Saber Azzouz was one of the young people who traveled the Tarajal breakwaters to reach Ceuta, on Monday. But he was less fortunate than his friends, because he died while trying to reach the autonomous city. In the absence of the possibility of making special trips, his family in Fnideq cannot mourn his death. Recognized in photos, the young person cannot be formally identified by a relative. Because of this, he will probably be buried under an anonymous grave, in one of the two cemeteries of the Spanish enclave, according to El Faro de Ceuta. Due to the lack of free movement at the border, the remains cannot be repatriated either. «He left with other friends when he learned that everyone was crossing», his father Mohamed, who lost one of his five children, told Spanish media. The same source says the family learned of the death through a photo sent over the phone, showing Saber as «the deceased young man everyone was talking about». El Faro de Ceuta reports, moreover, that the laboratory under the civil guard took the fingerprints of the body to send them via Interpol to Rabat, in order to allow the confirmation of the identity of the young man. Since Monday, nearly 10,000 people have crossed the border with Ceuta, according to local media. Saber was among those who wanted to «earn a living» in Ceuta, like so many young people in the region, after his cross-border business activity was halted by the closure of the border.
