Moroccan Travelers Face Harsh Conditions at French Port Awaiting Ferry to Morocco

Broken carriage gate, human excrement at the entrance of the building... The many vacationers who have settled around the Orsetti station waiting for a crossing to Morocco are living in difficult conditions, reports Midi Libre. "There are no toilets, no shade, no changing table for young children," laments François Fouquet Dubois, a militant plastic artist who has been living in Sète for 2 years.

According to the details of Olivier Carmes, general manager of the seaport, one to two ferries per day transport up to 3,000 passengers. "Only passengers with a ticket for a ship in port can enter the maritime station or the overflow parking lot," he specifies. Saturation and delays in boarding schedules force some passengers to sleep on site, outside the station. They live there in uncomfortable conditions, despite the installation of construction toilets inside the port and 7 in the overflow parking lot.

Outside, around the Orsetti maritime station, "the surrounding flowerbeds become urinals. The stench is extreme," complains this resident. No one waters the lawns to clean them. Shopping carts full of waste are also found there.