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VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-04

“No one smuggled me there. I wanted to go of my own free will, but that country is not worth all this sacrifice,”

Lahcen Kalouch · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-04

Kalouch rejected the claim that he was smuggled, saying he went of his own free will but that the country was not worth the sacrifice.

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