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SUMMARY:docUNight: Until He's Back
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a docUNight in UN City Copenhagen featuring the documentary ‘Until He’s Back‘ – a film capturing the plight of migrants along their dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. \nThrough interweaving stories\, the documentary offers a powerful window into the challenges that migrants face and the difficulty of returning the bodies of those who drown at sea. \nSince 2014\, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project has registered at least 25\,500 deaths and disappearances during the Mediterranean crossing\, making the Central Mediterranean route the deadliest migration route in the world. \nIn the panel debate following the film screening\, hear what experts from IOM\, the UN Network on Migration\, and the University of Copenhagen have to say about migration issues in the Mediterranean and how the international community can mobilise to save lives at sea. \nRun time: 40 minutes \nLanguage: Spanish and Arabic (with English subtitles) \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nREGISTRATION \nPlease click here to save your free spot. \nIMPORTANT INFORMATION \nPlease bring a valid photo-ID to get through security at UN City and set aside time for the security check prior to the event. \nPlease note that the check-in will open at 16:00 and close at 16:50. It will not be possible to enter UN City after this time. \nPlease DO NOT book tickets under your name for someone else – please reserve each ticket under each person’s name due to the security check upon entry to UN City. \nRefreshments (soft drinks and snacks) will be available for purchase between 16:00–17:00. Please note that it is not allowed to bring your own food to UN City with the exception of water bottles. \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nProgramme \n16:00 Informal reception with refreshments \n17:00 Welcome Remarks \n17:10 Screening of ‘Until He’s Back’ \n17:50 Interview with the film director \n\nJacqueline Baylon – Director of ‘Until He’s Back’\n\n18:15 Panel Discussion: ‘Missing Migrants and Deaths in the Mediterranean Sea’ \n\nAnja Simonsen – Associate Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, University of Copenhagen\nJulia Black – Senior Project Officer at IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre in Berlin\nKatherine Barwise – Senior Programme Manager in the Secretariat of the United Nations Network on Migration in Geneva\nmoderated by Noa Valentin Katz Søgaard – Head of UN City Communications\n\n19:00 End of event \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nAbout the Film: \nAfter learning that his son\, Yahya\, has died at sea trying to get to Spain\, Ahmed Tchiche must find a way to bring his remains back to Morocco so that he and his family can have a proper goodbye. A Spanish mortician\, an NGO worker\, and an established Moroccan immigrant living in Spain all struggle to help Ahmed get his son’s body home. \nThrough interweaving threads\, ‘Until He’s Back’ explores a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean and the difficulty of returning the bodies of those who drown at sea. In this story of grief and hope\, a family and a community try to make sense of the tragedy that took Yahya away. \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nAbout the Interview and Panel Discussion: \nAt least 8\,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024\, making it the deadliest year on record\, according to the latest data collected by IOM. Of those\, 2\,452 deaths were documented in the Mediterranean Sea. With a group of migration experts\, the panel will analyse the dynamics & trends as well as the social & political consequences of the deaths of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean on their way to Europe. We will delve into migration data\, search and rescue in the Mediterranean\, policy recommendations to save lives and more. \nAbout Jacqueline Baylon: \nJacqueline is a Mexican filmmaker whose work focuses on human rights injustices and immigration stories from different corners of the world. She covers stories such as the accusations against Turkey for cutting water supplies in northeast Syria\, the experiences of protesting as an undocumented immigrant in the United States\, and the harrowing reality of the oxygen supply crisis in Peru during the pandemic. She has worked for news organisations across the U.S.\, including The New York Times. She currently produces and directs documentaries. \nAbout Anja Simonsen: \nAnja Simonsen is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen\, Department of Anthropology. She was awarded the Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship with the project ‘The Criminalisation of Humanitarianism: From Volunteers to Human Smugglers in Italy’. From 2025 to 2029\, Anja is working as Principal Investigator for the ‘Social Life of Dead Bodies: A new ethnographic approach to migrant deaths in and around the Mediterranean Sea’ (SOLID) funded by the European Research Council\, exploring the social life of deceased migrants in and around the Mediterranean Sea by bringing together forensic\, social\, economic\, humanitarian\, and political actors and perspectives on the same unidentified bodies of deceased migrants. \nAbout Julia Black: \nJulia Black is a Project Officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM)\, where she has coordinated the Missing Migrants Project for nearly a decade. Based at IOM’s data centre in Berlin\, Julia has led work to build up the only public-access database on deaths and disappearances on migration routes worldwide. She is frequently cited in the media advocating for an end to migrant deaths through the provision of safe\, legal routes for people on the move. More broadly\, Julia’s work deals with irregular migration\, migrant rights\, and data collection on hard-to-reach populations. \nAbout Katherine Barwise: \nKaty Barwise is the Senior Programme Manager at the Secretariat of the United Nations Network on Migration (UNNM) in Geneva\, where she is responsible for coordinating the capacity building mechanism of the Global Compact for Safe\, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). In this role\, she facilitates UN system-wide support to governments to action the GCM\, working closely with governments\, civil society\, and other stakeholders. \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nSpecial Exhibition: \nFrom 2–13 June 2025\, a symbolic and immersive installation will transform data from the Missing Migrants Project (MMP) into a powerful visual narrative at UN City Copenhagen\, highlighting the urgent need for safe\, regular migration. Using the power of art and data\, the exhibition amplifies the voices of those lost to irregular migration\, fostering a deeper emotional connection and encouraging decisive action to create safer migration pathways​ The installation features 5\,500+ roses\, each representing a missing migrant in 2024 (January–September). The roses are 3D printed from compostable bioplastic (PLA) and are colour-coded by region\, representing the proportions of missing migrants from the 6 regions monitored by the MMP. \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nAbout the Missing Migrants Project and the UN Network on Migration: \nThe International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project tracks deaths of migrants\, including refugees and asylum-seekers\, who have gone missing along mixed migration routes worldwide. The research behind this project began with the October 2013 tragedies\, when at least 368 individuals died in two shipwrecks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Since then\, the Missing Migrants Project has developed into an important hub and advocacy source of information that media\, researchers\, and the general public access for the latest information. \nThe United Nations Network on Migration (UNNM) supports Member States in the implementation\, follow-up\, and review of the Global Compact for Safe\, Orderly and Regular Migration. The Network has been established to ensure effective\, timely\, and coordinated system-wide support to Member States. \n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– \nAbout IOM: \nEstablished in 1951\, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading intergovernmental organisation in the field of migration and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. \nIOM supports migrants across the world\, developing effective responses to the shifting dynamics of migration and\, as such\, is a key source of advice on migration policy and practice. The organisation works in emergency situations\, developing the resilience of all people on the move\, and particularly those in situations of vulnerability\, as well as building capacity within governments to manage all forms and impacts of mobility. \nDenmark has been a member state of IOM since 1954. In 2024\, the office became a Country Office for Partnership and Advocacy and a Coordination Function\, leading IOM’s liaison and coordination with strategic partners in Denmark\, Finland\, Iceland\, Norway\, and Sweden. This enables IOM to strengthen collaboration with and between partners in the Nordic countries on areas of mutual interest and increase their knowledge and understanding of IOM’s strategies and work globally. \nAbout UN City Copenhagen: \nUN City Copenhagen is a hub for the Sustainable Development Goals. It comprises 2 campuses. Campus 1 on Marmormolen opened in July 2013 and today houses 10 UN organisations with 1\,700+ staff members from 100+ different countries. Campus 2\, located in the container port in the Northern Harbour of Copenhagen\, constitutes UNICEF’s state-of-the-art high bay warehouse. With a total storage capacity of 36\,000 pallets\, it is the largest humanitarian warehouse in the world. \nUN City has become a hub where agencies can collaborate\, share knowledge\, and work with experts from different fields. \nLearn more about UN City Copenhagen.
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