The case of the shipwrecked vessel found off the island of Tobago in May 2021, with 14 deceased persons' remains, has been closely followed by the ICRC. In response to a request for support from the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the ICRC Delegations in Venezuela and Mauritania have mobilized multiple resources to locate and assist the communities and families presumably linked to the event. According to the information available, the vessel would have departed from Nouakchott, Mauritania, with approximately 40 passengers on board, coming from remote and difficult to access locations. The ICRC contacted and visited the families whose relatives, potentially, were aboard the shipwrecked boat. The ICRC met these families and collected their Tracing Request and Biological Reference Samples to compare with the genealogical material from the human remains found in Trinidad. A total of 51 samples were collected, related to 26 family groups. Subsequently, funds were allocated to cover the processing of the samples by a DNA laboratory that possess a vast experience in the analysis of DNA samples from large-scale events for identification purposes, with which the ICRC has a collaboration agreement. The results of the DNA profiles were shared with the Trinidad and Tobago Forensic Science Centre – the entity with a custody of the deceased recovered from the vessel and in charge of the analysis and identification of the remains. As a result, 7 of the 14 deceased found has already been identified. Currently, the Trinidad and Tobago authorities continue working on issuing the respective documentation to notify the families of the deceased, while the ICRC coordinates a mission to Mauritania to facilitate the transmission of this information to the families concerned. Worldwide, the ICRC supports persons living in uncertainty caused by not knowing the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones; and accompanies the process of searching for the family members who were separated or went missing in the context of armed violence, migration, or other humanitarian emergencies. Helping families to find answers is central to the humanitarian mandate of the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. It is within this framework that the ICRC Delegations in Venezuela and Mauritania carry out various activities to support the families of missing persons - including migrants deceased along perilous migratory routes - and to assist the corresponding authorities in the processes in favour of these families.