“Say their names so that we never forget: Bryar, Mhabad, Mohamed, Sirwan, Maryam, Bilind, Ahmad, Pshtiwan, Shakar...” One year to the day after 31 people died in a shipwreck off the coast of Dunkirk, an activist is standing on the beach, reading out the names of the victims.
Several hundred people – associations, activists, and ordinary residents – have braved the cold to take part in this tribute. Some hold candles, others torches. There’s a banner: “your borders, our dead”.
Once the names have been recited, Juliette Delaplace, an employee at Caritas France, begins to read letters from relatives of the victims. One is from Emu to her husband, Fikiru Shiferaw.
