Senegal

With its privileged geographic location, so open to the world, Senegal remains a starting point or important stopover for migrants on their way to Europe, be it young Senegalese people or youth from Sub-Saharan Countries.

“Barça o Barsak!!! " which can be translated in the Wolof language of Senegal, as “Barcelona or Death”, has become a battle cry for thousands of Senegalese youth, true “desperados” of modern times.

In this section, thanks to the project: 'From Witnessing to Advocacy: The Mothers of Missing Migrants in the Mediterranean as Promoters of Rights and Income-Generating Activities in Mali and Senegal,' funded by the Waldensian Church, you will find photographs of some of these missing people. In some cases, the families did not have a picture of their loved one, so they were photographed holding an object belonging to their relative.

In addition, in many cases we could not trace the date of birth of the missing persons or the exact date of their departure, as it is quite common for families in Senegal to remember only the year of birth and departure of their loved ones, and not the day and month. In these cases, we have set the date as January 1, while the years, both of birth and of departure, are those given to us by their relatives.