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"We don't know each other's real names, so how are we meant to find their graves"

Nada Heddane
Nada Heddane

"We don't know each other's real names, so how are we meant to find their graves"

In a world where identities can easily fade into numbers, the struggle to honor the lives of unidentified migrants is real.

This article is part of the series Death, faith, and identity: Navigating the Sub-Saharan migrant experience:

  1. "Is it illness that kills people or the pain in their heart?"
  2. "There is discrimination also in death"
  3. "It used to be completely empty"
  4. "We don't know each other's real names, so how are we meant to find their graves"

What are the challenges faced when trying to trace the identities of those buried by municipal authorities? How does the absence of personal records impact the quest for recognition and dignity in death?