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"At the Christian cemetery, you have to pay for a place"
Nada Heddane
Nada Heddane

"At the Christian cemetery, you have to pay for a place"

When a Nigerian woman died in Meknes following a cesarean operation during childbirth, her husband, and father of a newborn baby, struggles to bury her.

This article is part of the series Unveiling barriers: Migrants' struggles with healthcare and burial:

  1. "First you pay, then you get the death papers"
  2. "At the Christian cemetery, you have to pay for a place"
  3. Dying, as opposed to living in shame

What are the biggest challenges that Christian migrants might face when they want to bury a loved one? Why are some people buried faster than others in a Christian cemetery?