Vloggers show how to migrate illegally on a jet ski
North African migrants share their adventures on YouTube
COMPARED WITH the dross of north Africa’s state broadcasters, it makes riveting viewing. The video-blogger cuts his way through rainforests, travels by wooden canoe, flirts with various women and finally reaches Panama, one of ten countries he has entered illegally on his way to the United States. Each instalment, filmed on a mobile phone and posted regularly on YouTube, packs suspense, adventure and tips for would-be illegal migrants. The vlogger, Zouhir Bounou, who calls himself Zizou (pictured), has become a household name back home in Morocco.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “No passport required”
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