Eritrean survivors of the Lampedusa tragedy remain in limbo
By Isabelle Merminod and Tim Baster
http://www.equaltimes.org/news/eritrean-survivors
“I knew he was in the boat.” Along with many other families of the victims, Mulue Medhine came to Lampedusa to search for a relative – his 20-year-old nephew.
He spoke quietly. He had just been in the Carabinieri’s office to be shown hundreds of photos of the dead.
Like many families, Medhine could not identify his relative from the terrible pictures of drowned young people. Speaking to Equal Times, he said, sadly: “Many of the coffins have no name.”