Liverpool refugee memorial torn down again

The ripped remains of The List in Great George Street, Liverpool

A public display paying tribute to dead refugees and migrants in Liverpool has been torn down for a second time.

'The List' documents all 34,361 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants known to have died in Europe since 1993.

It has been partially torn from its hoardings in Great George Street days after it was reinstalled following its mysterious removal last month.

Artist Banu Cennetoğlu said it will be left as a reminder of "this systematic violence exercised against people".

Liverpool City Council expressed "surprise and disgust" at the vandalism

A joint statement from the Turkish artist and Liverpool Biennial, the arts event behind the project, said the work has been "repeatedly damaged, removed and targeted since it was installed" on 12 July.

It said The List has not been attacked in any of the other places it has been installed, such as Berlin, Istanbul, Basel, and Athens.

Liverpool City Council said it is "saddened by this mindless act of vandalism" and stands "shoulder to shoulder" with Liverpool Biennial.

The names of those who have died are compiled and updated each year by United for Intercultural Action - an anti-discrimination network of 550 organisations in 48 countries.

Ms Cennetoğlu has translated versions of The List using public spaces such as billboards, transport networks and newspapers since 2007.