L’Association La Terre pour tous
Activist Imed Soltani, self-defined as a “fighter”, is at its helm. He wages this war against border policies both the public and virtual spaces. His tools of combat: a microphone to amplify the heart-wrenching cry of “where are our children,” seeking to break through the walls of ministries and embassies during his numerous protests. On his Facebook page, he vehemently condemns bilateral agreements, calls out the authorities, and plays the role of a “notice board” for the families of the missing. La Terre pour Tous defends all causes related to freedom of movement, and alongside him stand the mothers of the missing persons, symbols of suffering and endurance.
L’Association des mères de migrants disparus
They are mothers, sisters, and daughters of those missing between 2011 and 2021, united in a movement where their pain occupies the center of discourse and protest actions. This association draws its symbolic legitimacy from their prominent position, founded with the support of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH). Seven families come together, finding in collective action a means to strengthen their power of advocacy with governments. Their fundamental objective: to find their loved ones, whether they are alive or deceased.
L’Association Mem.Med – Memoria Mediterranea
They are researchers, anthropologists, lawyers, psychologists, sociologists, mediators, geographers, activists, and mothers of the disappeared operating in the Mediterranean space to critically analyze the borders that delineate it, the migratory processes that cross it, and the policies that regulate them. Mem.med supports families and communities in the search for deceased or missing individuals at sea or in other border areas. This operational tool in Sicily, Sardinia, and Tunisia offers legal and psychological support, as well as a space for memory, testimonies, and awareness: “Fighting against the violence of these policies means, above all, turning memory into a political act to never allow these existences and these violences to be forgotten”says one of the association’s members.
