In the Diocesan Delegation of Migrations in Nador, where our colleague Alvar Sánchez SJ works, we observed the decisive importance of the community of origin in the migratory project of the people we accompany.

With the mission of connecting our intervention with the sub-Saharan points of origin, our psychosocial team traveled at the beginning of the summer to the country of one of the most represented migrant communities currently in Morocco: Guinea Conakry.

This is how we started the new project "La Route Migratoire de l'Afrique de l'ouest. Sensibilisation et réduction de risques liés à la migration en Guinée", with four key objectives:

-To make the population aware of the migration situation in Morocco and Europe in order to reduce the risks and establish protection strategies.

-Establish collaboration agreements with other organizations in the country that allow us to connect these two key points of the migratory route and thus improve our intervention in both places.

-To understand the dynamics of the migration of Guineans to Europe through the Moroccan route.

-Promote DDM activities in Guinea.

Not less than 6 teams received the necessary training to start research and sensitization activities in the field. Activities in July and August took place in four different cities: Conakry, Mamou, Kindia and Labé. To date, 250 young people and 50 adults have benefited from our activities and more than 600 people have been interviewed.

Through the field activities we were able to meet people whose relatives are still missing after having tried to cross through Morocco to Spain; people who decided to return to their country having already undertaken the route; young dreamers who want to seek a better future in Europe and many others who have decided to build that future within the borders of their own country. And we have signed collaboration agreements with two local organizations that have shown excellent commitment and involvement. We have had the invaluable help of the Jesuit Missions Secretariat (Spain), which financed the first phase of this project.