Work continues in Tarsia for the construction of the International Migrants’ Cemetery, the great humanitarian work dedicated to the victims of the immigration tragedy, known and appreciated internationally. After five years of stoppage, due to the pandemic and bureaucratic obstacles, the construction site restarted over two months ago.
The news of the recovery was given by Franco Corbelli, leader of the Civil Rights Movement, who with a post on social media spread images of the work in progress, launching a message of peace and hope from Tarsia in a world marked by wars and violence. A “journey” – as he defines it – which began over twelve years ago, after the Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013.
The memorial will be built on the so-called Hill of Peace, in a highly symbolic place, near the former Ferramonti internment camp, and will finally give dignity to the victims of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, men, women and children often buried without names. The goal is to transform that pain into a place of memory, reflection and humanity, so that similar tragedies never happen again.