Call for an International mobilization for the Commémor’Action of February 6, 2026, in Oujda (Morocco)

Their lives, our light. Their fate, our anger. Open the borders!
For a complete overhaul of Law 02/03, to guarantee full rights for migrants and for the families of the disappeared, prisoners, and detainees along migration routes!

On February 6, 2014, more than 200 people who had departed from the Moroccan coast attempted to reach the Tarajal beach by swimming, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. In order to prevent them from reaching Spanish soil, the Guardia Civil used riot-control equipment, while the Moroccan military forces present provided no assistance to the people drowning before their eyes. Fifteen bodies were recovered on the Spanish side, dozens of others disappeared, survivors were violently pushed back, and some died on the Moroccan side.

Twelve years have passed since the Tarajal massacre.
Twelve years during which the number of dead and disappeared has continued to rise — in the Mediterranean and along the Canary Islands route, at the EU’s internal borders, in the English Channel, at the eastern borders, along the Balkan route, and once again in the Sahara desert and across all other migration routes. In 2023, the border regime once again showed its cynical and unrestrained face: with the Cutro shipwreck on the night of February 25, when 94 people died and at least 11 others disappeared just meters from the Italian coast, under the motionless gaze of Frontex and the Italian authorities; on June 14, when more than 600 people disappeared forever off the coast of Pylos, Greece; and earlier, on April 23, 2022, when a boat carrying 60 people sank off the Lebanese coast.

For twelve years, associations, families, activists, and all those fighting for the right to mobility for all have relentlessly demanded truth and justice for these victims. They have exposed the direct and indirect responsibilities of the border regime, worked to document and prove these responsibilities, and supported families and loved ones through the painful processes of searching for the disappeared and identifying the dead.

On the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of the Tarajal massacre, we renew the call launched last year, with the hope that even more organizations, associations, families, and activists will join this process of decentralized Commémor’Actions held every year on February 6 — so that this transnational mobilization grows stronger, becomes increasingly visible in public space, and brings together ever more people.

We call on all social and political organizations, secular and religious groups, collectives of families of migration victims, and citizens across the world to organize actions of protest and awareness-raising on February 6, 2026.

We invite you to use the logo above, along with your own logos, as a visual element to highlight the connection between all the different initiatives. All events taking place can be shared within the group and on the Facebook page “Commemor-Action.”

Registration via the following link before the 31/12/2025.

Link to the Facebook page.

Migrate to live, not to die! They are people, not numbers!
Freedom of movement for all!

Who Are We?

We are parents, friends, and loved ones of people who have died, gone missing, and/or been victims of enforced disappearance along land and sea borders in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. We are people who survived attempts to cross borders in search of a better future. We are supportive citizens who assist migrants along their journeys by providing medical care, food, clothing, and support when they find themselves in life-threatening situations, so that their journeys may end safely. We are activists who have collected the voices of these migrants before their disappearance, who work to identify anonymous bodies in border zones, and who ensure they are laid to rest with dignity.

We are one large family with no borders and no nationality — a family that fights against the regimes of death imposed at borders across the world, and that struggles to affirm the right to migrate, freedom of movement, and global justice for all.

What Are the Commémor’Actions?

Since the Tarajal massacre, Commémor’Actions have sought to amplify demands, put an end to the denial of justice, and pay tribute to all victims of a dangerous and immoral border regime. They aim to remember each person by name — beyond dehumanizing statistics that are far below the grim reality — without forgetting the many people who also disappear into anonymity.

Commémor’Actions are initiatives that commemorate migrants who have died, disappeared, or been victims of enforced disappearance during their journeys across the world’s borders. This process emerged from collaboration between friends and families of missing migrants — particularly in the Mediterranean — and activists who gather their testimonies and amplify their demands. This collaboration has grown stronger around the creation of the website “Missing at the Borders”, which was created to give families of migrants a voice and a space to share their stories.

Commémor’Actions are both acts of remembrance and acts of protest. They aim to collectively build processes that support families in their demands for truth and justice regarding the fate of their loved ones. The Commémor’Action process consists of two types of events: decentralized Commémor’Actions and Grand Commémor’Actions.

We chose February 6, the day of the Tarajal massacre, as a symbolic date to organize decentralized Commémor’Actions every year across the world — uniting the many struggles led daily by organizations denouncing the deadly violence of border regimes and demanding truth, justice, and reparations for migration victims and their families.

In February 2020, families and activists gathered in Oujda, Morocco, to organize the first Grand Commémor’Action, followed by the second on September 6, 2022, in Zarzis, Tunisia, continuing the process of building an international network of relatives of migrants who have died, disappeared, or been victims of enforced disappearance, and strengthening the struggle for freedom of movement for all.
Grand Commémor’Actions also take place every two years on September 6, the date commemorating the 2012 shipwreck near Lampedusa in which more than 50 people disappeared.

In Oujda, from February 5 to 7, 2026 — an opportunity to denounce:

• European migration policies
• Detention centers and deadly border policies
• Hate speech
• Xenophobia and racism

Provisional Program
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Welcome of participants

• 11:00 – 12:30: Press conference – AMSV 2025 annual report
• 13:30: Presentation of the program
• 18:00: Musical evening and theater performance with the troupe Association Corara for Arts and Cultures

Friday, February 6, 2026

• 11:00 – 13:30: Conference – “Migration Policies, Borders, Detention, Disappeared and Dead: State of Affairs and Challenges”
• 14:00 – 15:30: Lunch
• 15:30 – 17:00: Open meeting – testimonies from families, discussions, and recommendations

Saturday, February 7, 2026

• 10:30: Solidarity caravan – “Borders Kill: Migration is a Right” to Saidia, a city at the land border (Algeria) and maritime border (Mediterranean), 60 km from Oujda

L’association accueille toutes les propositions et toutes les ONG souhaitant rejoindre le comité d’organisation et de programmation proposé afin de le développer et de l’enrichir (le programme définitif sera prêt avant le 25/01/2026).