Postmortem itineraryes or „postmortal migrant journeys“ are practices of notifying, identifying, burying, murmuring, commemorating and representing of various material and immaterial dimensions of border deaths (Cf. Kobelinsky 2020). Following postmortem itineraryPostmortem itineraryes or „postmortal migrant journeys“ are practices of notifying, identifying, burying, murmuring, commemorating and representing of various material and immaterial dimensions of border deaths (Cf. Kobelinsky 2020). Following postmortem itinerary of Ouacil, Maroccan boy who died in one of his attempts to cross to Melilla in 2015, Carolin Kobelinsky concludes that „unaccompanied minor migrants in Melilla are clearly not... More of Ouacil, Maroccan boy who died in one of his attempts to cross to Melilla in 2015, Carolin Kobelinsky concludes that „unaccompanied minor migrants in Melilla are clearly not ‘grievable’, to use philosopher Judith Butler’s terms. Their lives are subjected to a form of perpetual precarity. Alive, border crossers are considered dispensable beings, whose lives are not worth saving nor valuing. Dead, they are still considered and treated as undervalued, marginal individuals, whose very existence is neglected and silenced.“ Based on multiple conversations and interviews with the activists and with friends of Ouacil, Kobelinsky points to the rudimentary nature of contemporary “border deathsBorder deaths or “migrant deaths” describe premature deaths of persons whose presence on the state territory has been unauthorized and irregularized. A narrow definition includes only those deaths that occur during the border crossing (of the borderline) or during transiting the country, while wide definition includes deaths that can be in any way related to any material or immaterial state-made... More management”. According to Kobelinsky, it is “a process that depends more on makeshift solutions put together by individuals rather than on any institutionalized protocol aimed at identifying bodies, contacting relatives, and following their wishes concerning the fate of the remains.“
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Kobelinsky, Carolina 2020. „On Border DeathsBorder deaths or “migrant deaths” describe premature deaths of persons whose presence on the state territory has been unauthorized and irregularized. A narrow definition includes only those deaths that occur during the border crossing (of the borderline) or during transiting the country, while wide definition includes deaths that can be in any way related to any material or immaterial state-made... More Management and Ungrievability“. Available at: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2020/10/border-deaths