The Search for Their Missing Loved Ones: Migrant Communities in Southern Spain
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Marta Sánchez Dionis and Gabriella Sanchezi
With the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (IOM GMDAC) is carrying out a qualitative research project in four different countries with people whose relatives went missing along migration routes. Our goal is to better understand how relatives cope with the uncertainty and tragedy while actively seeking answers, and to make recommendations over how governments and other actors can better support their efforts. Spain is one of the countries where the project is being implemented. This blog provides an overview of what families identified as some of the main impacts of having a missing migrant family member, and the obstacles faced while searching for them. The full country report will be published in the first quarter of 2021.