A journey through the identification of a deceased person On 6 March, Rahman Farazi died on board the Sea Watch 5. Rahman was 19, from the Bangladeshi city of Maripur. Rahman died after being rescued in the middle of the…
From the sea to Italy An interview by Filippo Furri with Silvia Di Meo (Mem.Med) 1. For more than 10 years now, the issue of research for families of missing persons in migration and identification procedures has been the subject…
CommemorAction is a blended word encompassing both commemoration and action. It emphasizes both the commitment to remembering those who died or disappeared in their pursuit of freedom of movement and the demand for justice. Picture: CommemorAction in Tanger, Morocco On…
“Their life, our light. Their destiny, our anger. Open the borders!” February 6, 2024 – Tenth anniversary Global day of struggle against the deadly border regime and to demand truth, justice and reparation for victims of migration and their families.…
By activists from the CommemorAction group On February 6, 2024, in memory of the tenth anniversary of the Tarajal massacre, an international mobilization against murderous border management and migration control policies is being prepared. By joining this mobilization and actively…
This is an introduction article of a series of articles in the next issues of Echoes aiming to explain the different problems that are faced by families in the process of searching for their loved ones, the deficient current system…
Ten years ago, the Lampedusa tragedy: 368 young lives cut short a few hundred meters from the beach, when freedom and a better future seemed just a step away. CommemorAction in Oujda. 2020. Photo: Alarm Phone The 10th anniversary of…
The murderous EU border regime never stopped killing… By Hagen Kopp (Alarm Phone) Together with survivors and relatives of the victims we will not stop denouncing the responsible politicians and authorities for the ongoing massacres. A medium to mourn, to…
This article contains the words of those affected by the murderous border regime who struggle so the dead and the missing are not silenced and forgotten “We, families of the missing” Letter written by Laila Waleed Hasan, a young woman…
Only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum Excerpts from an open letter signed by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi. Today on World Refugee Day,…
Investigation by Forensic Architecture “On 14 June 2023, the Adriana, a boat leaving Libya for Italy with hundreds of migrants on board, sank inside the Greek Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the Mediterranean Sea. This would become the deadliest…
Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch March 13, 2023 On Saturday, 11th March, just two weeks after at least 79 people drowned in a shipwreck off the Italian coast, Italian and Maltese authorities left once again people…
