Commemorate the dead of the border regime.
Solidarity with the families of the 91 people lost in the Mediterranean!
On 9 February 2020, the Alarm Phone
received a distress call from a rubber boat with 91 people in distress
just off the coast of Libya. The boat was losing air, the engine had
stopped working and people had already gone overboard. Activists of the
Alarm Phone informed all the relevant authorities, but no rescue
operation took place and soon the people were no longer reachable. See here for the full Alarm Phone report.
The accident stands as one of countless
“invisible shipwrecks” in the Mediterranean Sea. While relatives and
friends never heard from the missing people again, the responsible
authorities still do not comment when asked. The accident and the
missing 91 people are not even included in any statistics of deaths at
sea because no survivors can testify that the accident ever happened.
Without official recognition, it is even harder for the bereaved to
mourn their dead.
#SayTheirNames
On 9 February 2021, on the anniversary of
the tragedy, families of the 91 missing people will organise a
demonstration in Al-Fashir (Darfur, Sudan), where many of the bereaved
live. In solidarity with them, Alarm Phone activists are calling for the
91 missing and all unknown drowned to be remembered with solidarity
actions in several European cities.
We want to make the memory of the dead of
the border regime visible, every single death is important and to be
mourned. We want to show the families and friends that they are not
alone in their grief and anger. When people die during their crossing of
the Mediterranean Sea, these are not accidents. They are part and
consequence of a political system based on exploitation and exclusion.
Decentralised commemorative and protest
actions will be organised on 9 February 2021: CommemorAction! In
reference to the active relatives of the missing in Darfur and Tripoli,
these activities will take place at least in the following cities:
Palermo, Latina, Tunis, Marseille, Toulon, Strasbourg, Paris, Brighton,
Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, Cologne, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Amsterdam,
Nijmegen, Rotterdam, the Hague, Groningen,
Zurich, Vienna, and many more!
Commemorate the dead of the border regime.
Solidarity with the…
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