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| 'Invaders' daubed on Liverpool List refugee memorial | 'Invaders' daubed on Liverpool List refugee memorial |
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| The Liverpool mayor has said it is "despicable" that the word "invaders" has been written across a memorial to dead refugees and migrants. | |
| It was daubed on The List, which displays the names of 34,361 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants who have died within or on the borders of Europe since 1993. | It was daubed on The List, which displays the names of 34,361 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants who have died within or on the borders of Europe since 1993. |
| Joe Anderson said the offenders "had their brains invaded by hatred". | Joe Anderson said the offenders "had their brains invaded by hatred". |
| Merseyside Police said it had not received any reports of damage. | Merseyside Police said it had not received any reports of damage. |
| The installation on Great George Street is part of a festival of contemporary art running until October. | The installation on Great George Street is part of a festival of contemporary art running until October. |
| Liverpool Biennial, which commissioned the project, is yet to comment. | Liverpool Biennial, which commissioned the project, is yet to comment. |
| Designed by artist Banu Cennetoğlu, the memorial has been torn down twice this summer. | Designed by artist Banu Cennetoğlu, the memorial has been torn down twice this summer. |
| In August, she issued a joint statement with Liverpool Biennial saying the work had been "repeatedly damaged, removed and targeted since it was installed" on 12 July. | In August, she issued a joint statement with Liverpool Biennial saying the work had been "repeatedly damaged, removed and targeted since it was installed" on 12 July. |
| They said The List has not been attacked in any of the other places it has been installed, such as Berlin, Istanbul, Basel and Athens. | They said The List has not been attacked in any of the other places it has been installed, such as Berlin, Istanbul, Basel and Athens. |
| The names of those who have died are compiled and updated each year by the anti-discrimination network United for Intercultural Action. | The names of those who have died are compiled and updated each year by the anti-discrimination network United for Intercultural Action. |
| Liverpool Mayor Mr Anderson said: "To smear them and call them invaders quite frankly is despicable." | Liverpool Mayor Mr Anderson said: "To smear them and call them invaders quite frankly is despicable." |
| In a tweet, he added: "Those responsible for this defacement of a memorial to innocent dead people fleeing for their lives, have had their brains invaded by hatred. | In a tweet, he added: "Those responsible for this defacement of a memorial to innocent dead people fleeing for their lives, have had their brains invaded by hatred. |
| "We will not be beaten by fascist thugs and we will pay for another memorial. I want volunteers to help me protect it." | "We will not be beaten by fascist thugs and we will pay for another memorial. I want volunteers to help me protect it." |
| Ms Cennetoğlu has translated versions of The List using public spaces such as billboards, transport networks and newspapers since 2007. | Ms Cennetoğlu has translated versions of The List using public spaces such as billboards, transport networks and newspapers since 2007. |
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