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In this message for World Migration Day the theme that is emphasized is that of the family and migration.

The colourful and overfilled suitcase is a synonym of the stories of migrants, of their culture, their traditions.

We can see attached to the collective memory of the suitcase all the stickers of the places travelled. These stickers are a testimony of the movements, the "mileage" of each migrant, each one of them telling a story. These well-known travel stickers have been "animated" and transformed into the bodies of a family. The heads of the family members have been painted with the colours of the missionary rosary to symbolize people coming from different continents.

The figurines are holding hands, to suggest the idea of union and even more so of solidarity and understanding. Above the image we can see the key words of the World Day of Migrants message: Family, Communion, and Diversity.