The Place of the Dead in the Mediterranean. A Sicilian Experience

Carolina Kobelinsky, Filippo Furri and Camille Noûs
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Carolina Kobelinsky: CNRS | Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France.
Filippo Furri: MECMI: Morts en contexte de migration program, France.
Camille Noûs: Chercheure chez Laboratoire Cogitamus, Paris, France.

Migration Letters, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 711-719

Abstract: Death during the journey to Europe is both a spectre hanging over border crossers and a concrete reality. It is also a very present issue within the society that finds itself forced to deal with these inert bodies. Drawing on a field study has been conducted since January 2018, we focus here on how the bodies found at sea and taken to the port of Catania (Sicily) are managed, exploring both their itinerary and how a small group of people from the city has become involved in a project to give them a name and a biography.

Keywords: EU border deaths; identification; database; shared humanity; hospitality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.33182/ml.v18i6.1243

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