‘How Did We Let People Die This Way?’

<p>Over the past year, a record 2,000 migrants from Africa have drowned trying to reach Spain.</p><p>Many of these migrants make the journey in rickety vessels, not much bigger than canoes, that often don’t stand up to strong currents.</p><p>What happens, then, when their bodies wash ashore?</p><p>This is the story of Martín Zamora, a 61-year-old father of seven, who has committed himself to returning the bodies of drowned migrants to their families. </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-casey?smid=pc-thedaily">Nicholas Casey</a>, the Madrid bureau chief for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Martín Zamora, the owner of a funeral parlor near Gibraltar, has found an unusual line of business among the relatives of migrants who drown trying to reach Europe: He collects the bodies of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/world/europe/spain-migrants-funeral-home.html"> those who don’t make it to Spain alive</a>. Read this article<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/10/12/espanol/martin-zamora-repatriacion-migrantes.html"> in Spanish here</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>