Deathscapes

Sicily’s Missing-Migrant Detectives

Deathscapes

Meet the Italians driven by a sense of history and humanity to identify the refugees and migrants who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean.

Gravestones with names and memorialisations written in Italian and Arabic in a grassed area. Delicate flowers are in the foreground.

“THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS NOT TO REMAIN INDIFFERENT TO OTHERS’ SUFFERING. IT IS HUMAN WORK, AND ONE DISCOVERS HIMSELF THROUGH THIS WORK.”

Read the full article: https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/05/18/sicilys-missing-migrant-detectives


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This research was primarily supported under the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme.

Partial funding was received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Partnership Development Grants scheme.

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