A group of activists in Oujda launched a campaign on social media, initiating a search and identification for the families of three irregular migrants, whose bodies are currently in a mortuary department in Algeria.
The campaign leaders suggested that the bodies of Moroccans who were aiming to cross to Europe had been retrieved after the attempt failed.
According to pictures attached to the widely circulated publication on social media, which list some identification information about the bodies.
The deceased are all males, and two of them were admitted to the mortuary department on January 20 and 21, while the third has been there since September 19, 2021.
The campaign provided an Algerian phone number, linking potential families with disappeared members to the mortuary’s department.
Washed-up cadavers of irregular migrants are often declared on Algerian and Tunisian shores, but the lack of identification on the individuals poses a real challenge to the identification of the bodies.
On March 9, two young Moroccan men were found dead in Tunisia, after reportedly traveling to the North African country to immigrate to Italy.
According to Hespress AR sources, the young men were from the Sidi Moumen district of Casablanca, and have been reported missing for several months now.
This district specifically is known for “missing young men,” most of whom are known to have attempted to migrate to Europe, through irregular means and routes.
Hassan Ammari, head of the Association to Help Migrants in Difficult Situations, told Hespress AR that until now, nothing confirms that these bodies belong to Moroccans, in the absence of any information, such as IDs or passports, indicating that the NGO is working in coordination with friendly Algerian associations on a voluntary basis to return the bodies of Moroccans.
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