A March in Solidarity with Migrants Who Perished Trying to Reach Europe · Global Voices
Suzanne Lehn

Signs at the March in defense of migrants in Strasbourg (Photo Suzanne Lehn)
“Europe is fighting its own make-believe enemy”: This is the message that a dozen of associations in defense of migrants wanted to convey when they organized a human chain between the tramway station “Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights)” and the EU Parliament station in Strasbourg on November 26. In order to put Human Rights back at the core of Europe” and oppose the policy adopted by the European Agency of Border Control Frontex, protesters held signs that narrate the tragic plight of migrants trying to reach Europe. For the past 20 years, more than 20,000 migrants have died or disappeared trying to make the journey from their hometowns into Europe.
Here are a few photos of the event :
The Human chain in front of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg (photo Suzanne Lehn)
Protesters are taking turn speaking up as they move toward the parliament (photo Suzanne Lehn)
In the background, the European Court of Human Rights (photo Suzanne Lehn)