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A physics graduate, a soccer player, a teen who couldn't swim: They died in the Ceuta migrant surge

A physics graduate, a soccer player, a teen who couldn't swim: They died in the Ceuta migrant surge
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Ayoub Akbili needed money for his mother’s surgery. Hamza Haibouri wanted a shot at a professional soccer career. Abdelouahed Iken was chasing the glossy life a friend posted about on Facebook from Italy. So when they heard rumors that Morocco’s border with Spain was open, they decided to join th...

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