Tag: external borders
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Smashing the fence at the Greek-Macedonian border!
Videos of the freedom struggle for open borders followed by strong repression near Idomeni, 29.2.2016. ”The build-up at Idomeni camp, which can accommodate up to 1,500 people but is currently sheltering more than 6,000, began last week after Macedonia began refusing entry to Afghans and imposed stricter controls on Syrians and Iraqis. EU members Slovenia…
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Crowdfunding for International Refugee Conference
Crowdfunding for International Conference of Refugees & Migrants 26. – 28.2.2016, Hamburg/Germany, Kampnagel International Refugee Conference Hamburg Kampnagel 26. – 28.2.2016 fundraising clip from Margit Czenki on Vimeo. Initiator Lampedusa in Hamburg
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European bordezones update
Important: #WeatherAegean: United Rescue issues an IMPORTANT warning for the Aegean Sea: A huge storm is expected Saturday the 16th of January and Sunday the 17th of January which will be a thunderstorm on some of the islands accompanied by high waves. Also, snow is expected to fall on some of the islands in the…
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Eviction attempts at the Idomeni have begun!
After more than 3 weeks of refusing to move from the Idomeni border (Greek-Macedonian), the police force has started to forcibly evict the protesters forcibly sending them to Greek cities such as Athens and Thessaloniki (source: http://livetickereidomeni.bordermonitoring.eu/2015/12/09/9-12-2015/). As a reminder, these are mostly the people who do not come from Syria, Irak and Afganistan and…
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The sealing off of the ‘Balkan borders’
The EU has finally struck a deal with the Turkish government at 29.10.2015 in which 3 bilion Euros per yer, visa liberalizations and unfrozen EU membership negotiations, negotiations that the EU froze with Turkey in 2005 under pretense of R. Erdoğans government style as authoritative, will be exchanged for the Turkish role as an external…
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»ʻRefugees Welcomeʼ – und dann?« Videoreportage von “leftvision clips”
Statement von leftvision clips zur Video-Reportage …Innenansichten und kritische Perspektiven einer sich neu entdeckten “Willkommenskultur”. Auf unserer Reise über den Balkan und Österreich nach Deutschland konnten wir uns ein eigenes Bild über die Situation an Bahnhöfen und Grenzstationen machen und sind mit Aktivist*innen in Kontakt gekommen, die eine kritische Perspektive auf die neuen Hilfsstrukturen…
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The EU is closing its borders, letting through only certain nationalities!
News from Anti-Racist Front Without Borders, gathered by the activists from the borderzones: Idomeni, Greece (Greek-Macedonian border): Today, as yesterday, only Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis are allowed to pass, everyone else is halted. Despair has started to spread among the people gathered there. Some have been in Eidomeni for four days. The food is not…
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(Possible) Enactment of EU’s policies of “slowing down” the movement flows
European’s Unions recent plans to manage the movement of people by slowing the flows at the so called ‘Balkan route‘ is apparently taking its first steps. To not enter the abstract theoretical discussions let us qoute the information posted from the Anti-racist Front Without Borders (17.11.2015), gathered by the activists and volunteers at the borders:…
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Important: Slovenia starts erecting barbed wire!
On November 10th 2015 at the ”emergency” government assembly in Slovenia Slovenian prime minister Miro Cerar announced that the government with its ministers agreed on the establishment of the barbed wire, or what they politically correct call ‘technical obstacles‘, at the Croatian-Slovenian border. He announced that since Germany and Austria are tightening their asylum systems…
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‘No-mans land’
In the last week(s) there has been an establishment of the ‘official corridor’ through the so called Balkan route. This intergovernmental agreement’s aim is to control the flow of people who are fleeing for a better life in Europe. Even though it may sound as an improvement, for the better fluctuation of people, it is…