VICTIMES
People disappeared

Twelve-year-old boy who went missing, along with the rest of the people, in a small boat sailing the Canary Islands route. His mother and sister, who arrived in Las Palmas in another boat, never saw him alive again.

His sister contacted him for the last time at 8 pm on the evening of November 23rd. Amadou claimed to have left with 72 people in a boat to cross the Alboran Sea.

He was in the north of Morocco, wanting to embark on the Alboran Sea at some point. His two brothers have not heard from him since then.

A twenty-seven-year-old Algerian set off in a dinghy from the Algerian town of Mostaganem. Among the thirteen people on board was a sixteen-year-old minor. His mother claims that a woman with a Moroccan accent answered Brahim's phone. However, they still do not know if he survived.

A young Algerian man, his sister from France was worried about his health: Mehdi is diabetic. After getting on a boat in Tipaza (Algeria), he and the thirteen people (including two women) who accompanied him were never heard from again. Rumours played on the families' hopes that they had arrived in Cartagena, but the truth is that Mehdi has not yet shown any signs of life.

Abbou's brother claims that Abbou was travelling in a dinghy with 16 other people. According to his information, they left the Mostaganem area (Algeria), and two survivors were rescued by Maritime Rescue 50 kilometres from Almeria. However, there is no trace of the other 15, including Abbou.

A 33-year-old Guinean woman gone missing in the Strait of Gibraltar after embarking on a toy boat. Neither she nor any of her companions gave signs of life.

Learn more about her story and the procedure initiated by her husband in order to get Justice in "In Hope of Finding Mariam"

Her sister only knows that Mohamed Sofiane set off from the Algerian coast looking for a better life. Not knowing who he was on the boat with, she had no information on the whereabouts of her missing brother.

Soumaré's uncle has hardly any information about his disappearance. Between 26 and 28 October 2019, he claims Soumaré set out to cross the Alboran Sea with sixty people and has not heard from his nephew since.

Thiago's brother knows he set off on Christmas Eve 2018, heading for Spain. However, there is no trace of him. The impossibility of reconstructing the tragedy in which he could have lost his life causes insufferable pain to his family.

Cissé set out to cross the Alboran Sea on December 19th, 2018. Since that day, his sister has had no contact with him. She fears that he may have lost his life at sea, but no one has been able to confirm it.

The only information his brother has is that Aboubakar was in Morocco. He does not know the exact city where he may have disappeared, or if he even tried to cross to Spain. Despite this, his search does not cease.

According to the information available to the family, she would have embarked on a boat with her uncle, Ousman Touré. Their family has been looking for them, without being able to confirm whether they could have lost their lives in a tragedy.

According to the information available to the family, he would have embarked on a boat with his niece, Nesta Savane. Their family has been looking for them, without being able to confirm whether they could have lost their lives in a tragedy.

The young Ivorian was travelling in a boat with his brother and 57 other people. After being shipwrecked, the rescued survivors were taken to Melilla and Motril. His brother searched in both cities, without having found him to date.

Serif Mane is Gambian. He disappeared somewhere between Tan tan and Dakhla on 7 August 2018. His family has been looking for him ever since.

He left Morocco at midnight with thirteen people on board. He was twenty-six when he disappeared. His brother is still looking for him.

Larisa was the smallest of all the siblings. She worked as a hairdresser in the Ivory Coast and her personal ambitions made her travel to Morocco to try her luck. Her presence made people nickname her "little star", because wherever she went she surrounded herself with many friends. They define her as affectionate and sociable, although they also highlight her great character: "there was no way to make her change her mind," they declare.

The exact date of his disappearance is unknown, it was in 2017.

He was in Tangiers. It is unknown exactly when he disappeared or if he ever boarded a boat.

Residing in the Moroccan capital, his aunt remains in suspense years later, not knowing what happened to her nephew Dave, nicknamed "Ismaël" by his travelling companions.

He was in the city of Ghardaia (Algeria) and informed his family of his intention to go to Morocco. They have been looking for him ever since.

He left Tangiers in 2013 and has been missing since then. His brother is still searching for him. They haven't heard from him ever since.