Algerians Harraga changed sex and married men for papers

A young man of 40 years, from Batna who failed to succeed at the Baccalaureate exam in the nineties, like all the Algerian youth who like exploring and discovering new horizons, decided one summer day in 1997 to take his suitcase and go into the unknown.

• Not recognizing the borders nor laws, nor the visa nor border police, he left Batna to Tunisia then England, via Turkey, Greece and several European and Arab countries, such as Spain, Germany, Italy, Holland, Syria, Lebanon and Morocco.
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• All these countries were temporary stations for the traveller and chaoui Harraga he was, who defied the dangers and difficulties, in search of a better life. After ten years of adventures, Ibn Bettouta the aurésien returned some ten days only to his point of departure, his hometown Batna.
  
  He acknowledged, after all these years of exile, he was running behind mirages. He has harvested only vague dreams that have quickly faded. After discovering the land of the infidels, he was up to truths about the lives of Harraga, terrible, sad and horrible truths.
  
  We had this conversation with this young Batni who testified and revealed truths for those who see their future on the other side of the sea.
  
  
  The odyssey of the young Batni began in his hometown Batna towards Tunisia, then to Istanbul in Turkey and more exactly ‘Konkabi’ where he tried to enter Greece with the help of an Algerian Harraga in whom he had his confidence, confidence that his friend exploited to defraud him and take everything he owned as money before disappearing. This is the story he had told the Iraqi 'Tamer' he had known in the region of ‘Aksar.’ Tamer was nicknamed 'Kachkadji Ennefrat' which means in Turkish 'the dean of Harraga.’ Tamer, after hearing the Batni story, takes him with him in his Hargats from Turkey to Greece.
  
  Ibn Battuta the Batni decided, with three Harraga two from Constantine and a third Moroccan, to leave for Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. A journey filled with dangers. They prepared to travel by purchasing the necessary equipment, beginning with the boat because Harga was through a river that swallowed tens of Algerians and hundreds of others from various Arab and African countries. They also bought supplies including energy products such as ‘Red Bull’ drink.
  
  Harga from Turkey to Greece
  
  In Athens, said Ibn Battuta, the majority of Algerians, and because of the lack of work for some reasons or others, and given the living conditions which were unbearable, they returned to drug dealing within a network of organized crime. This network was specialist in 'El Briza' which means heroin. The end is known, always in prison. In Athens, everything is permitted said Ibn Battuta, the culture of the sale of bodies and pleasure. Prostitutes from Russia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania can be bought. Women in these countries, known for their beauty hypnotised the Algerian Harraga who paid whatever the price asked for a night of illegal pleasure.
  
  
  Harraga change sex, marry with other men and become Christians for papers.
  
  During all these years of travel, adventures and setbacks, our friend Ibn Battuta tells us terrible stories. A young Harraga, in order to obtain the papers had agreed to change his gender and become women. By this way, he and his fellows join homosexuals associations to enjoy their rights and benefits from advantages. They mainly managed to have their papers residence in Holland.
  
  Harraga Many Algerians have become accustomed to churches after leaving Islam, they threw themselves into the arms of Christianity for one purpose: to obtain the papers. They have lost their identity, their true religion, their life.
  
  After ten years of mishaps and misfortunes, Ibn Battuta saw he was running after a mirage. We reported these truths to be an example to all those who dream to live on the other side of the sea.
  
  Ennahar/ Saïd Herika