Lahcen Kalouch

“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.

“I stepped on the face of a dead man while I was climbing out. I hope God forgives me and all those whose bodies were found,”

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

Kalouch, a Moroccan migrant who reached Ceuta before returning home distraught, described stepping on a dead man's face while climbing out of the water.