Saturday 5th January 2008. It’s two p.m. The van arrives and leaves me at the Detention Centre in Ceuta. First stage. When I got off the truck, my first impression was some people’s glances, some others’ whispering and the indifference of the rest. Everything happens quickly: frisking, fingerprint identification, photographs, handing over of sheets, blankets, mattress, pillow and hygienic products. That’s it, now everything’s over. I am taken to a provisional cell to spend the weekend .First locking and first imprisonment... Suddenly, I feel isolated from the world, my family, my girlfriend, my friends. I even miss my most simple habits. Besides, I had always called my close relatives, my family, who were waiting for me on Saturday evening. The weekend passed by and they didn’t know about me; I was denied to call to France. Apart from my regrets, my questions without answer about what had led me to do that and my unease, I felt my family’s worries because they didn’t know about me and this, until Monday afternoon, that Monday 7th January, my father’s 70th birthday. I could imagine them at home, worried, unaware of where I was and waiting to celebrate the event. First depression, first tear and infinite repentance…
M.L. estudiante parisino - student from Paris
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