Month: February 2016

No Refugee is Criminal – Deportation is Collective Crime and Corruption

Movements

By thevoicejena

No Refugee is Criminal – Deportation is Collective Crime and Corruption:
In Solidarity with North African Deportees and Victims of Deportation from Germany.

No human being should be subject to discrimination because of manner of dressing, skin colour, gender, religion or sexual orientation. Crime has no nationality, ethnicity or geographical location. No refugee is criminal just because s/he is asking for asylum. Anybody, whatever the origin, with minimum honesty and ability to differentiate between subjugation and equality, would sign this sentence.

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From:: Karawan

Nato launches naval patrols to return migrants to Turkey

greece

http://www.theguardian.com

Military alliance sends three warships, backed by planes, to intercept migrants and refugees in admission from EU that it is failing to cope with flow of people.

Nato has sent a patrol of three warships to intercept migrants trying to reach Greece by sea and send them back to Turkey, as Europe steps up efforts to contain the refugee crisis.

The mission has been agreed and ordered to the Aegean sea in less than 24 hours, an extremely rapid move for the alliance. Nato normally spends months deliberating over decisions and agreeing details.

The German-led patrol will be backed by planes that can monitor the flow of people attempting illegal crossings. Greece and Turkey have agreed that any migrants they intercept will be sent back.

“They will not be taken back to Greece. The aim of the group is to have them taken back to Turkey. That is the crucial difference,” said the British defence secretary, Michael Fallon.

“This is the first time we have seen a group tasked with returning migrants. That has not happened before. So that is quite an important development.”

The UK does not have any ships involved but is looking at how it could contribute, Fallon told journalists after a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels, where the plan was hammered out.

“It could definitely help save lives in the Aegean and it could help break the criminal gangs that are trafficking migrants from Turkey into Europe,” he added.

Nato and the EU have been keen to avoid any impression that they see refugees as a threat, and the alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, initially denied that the ships would try to stop people from crossing into Europe. “This is not about stopping or pushing back refugee boats,” he said.

Germany’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, had already indicated she favoured a far more robust approach and had secured Ankara’s permission to send some refugees back to Turkey, the Deutsche Welle newspaper reported.

The ships are to be ordered to the Aegean to begin the mission “without delay”, and are expected to be in place on Friday, even though the details of their role are still being filled in, said US air force general Philip Breedlove.

The Nato flotilla will be led by the German navy’s flagship, the Bonn, supported by Turkey’s frigate Barbaros and the Canadian frigate, Fredericton.

“This mission has literally come together in about the last 20 hours,” Breedlove told journalists. “I have been tasked now to go back and define the mission, define the rules of engagement, define all of what we call special operation instructions, all of the things that will lay out what we are going to do.”

He declined to comment on whether the Nato crews would join local coastguards in rescuing migrants whose boats had sunk or were failing.

Turkey hosts more than 2.5 million Syrian refugees, and has warned that tens of thousands more who have fled a government advance on Aleppo were seeking to join them.

Greece, as the first point of entry for most people seeking asylum in Europe, is under concerted pressure from European governments to do much more to halt the influx of refugees and migrants from Turkey.

And Germany has been the main destination for new arrivals after Merkel decided in effect to open the country’s doors to Syrians last summer. When the numbers rose faster than expected, the country struggled to cope.

The refugee crisis has since pushed support for Merkel to a four-year low, and as thousands of people continue to pour across Germany’s borders, fewer than one in five Germans think the government is handling the challenge well.

efence ministers from the 28 countries in the US-led military alliance agreed in principle to the mission and have asked officials to look at a variety of options for establishing patrols along the Turkish and Greek coasts and other smuggling routes. Several member states have offered to send reinforcements to the three-ship mission.

Earlier this week, the International Organisation for Migration said 409 people had died so far this year trying to cross the sea to Europe, and that nearly 10 times as many refugees and migrants crossed in the first six weeks of 2016 as in the same period last year.

There have been concerns that a strong naval presence might encourage more people to attempt to reach Europe, as there would be a greater chance of being picked up in the event of boats sinking.

People smugglers in Libya told the Guardian last year that an increased military presence in the Mediterranean would not act as a deterrent.

Nato involvement is an admission that the EU, which is responsible at present for dealing with the influx of migrants, is struggling to cope with the numbers travelling by sea.

The alliance already has a strong naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean to help protect Turkey from any incursions from Syria.

 


Nato launches naval patrols to return migrants to Turkey

greece

By clandestina

http://www.theguardian.com

Military alliance sends three warships, backed by planes, to intercept migrants and refugees in admission from EU that it is failing to cope with flow of people.

Nato has sent a patrol of three warships to intercept migrants trying to reach Greece by sea and send them back to Turkey, as Europe steps up efforts to contain the refugee crisis.

The mission has been agreed and ordered to the Aegean sea in less than 24 hours, an extremely rapid move for the alliance. Nato normally spends months deliberating over decisions and agreeing details.

The German-led patrol will be backed by planes that can monitor the flow of people attempting illegal crossings. Greece and Turkey have agreed that any migrants they intercept will be sent back.

“They will not be taken back to Greece. The aim of the group is to have them taken back to Turkey. That is the crucial difference,” said the British defence secretary, Michael Fallon.

“This is the first time we have seen a group tasked with returning migrants. That has not happened before. So that is quite an important development.”

The UK does not have any ships involved but is looking at how it could contribute, Fallon …read more

From:: Clandestine

Janvier 2016: Boza, push-backs, morts

Marocco

By beatingborders Résumé non exhaustif 02/01/2015 Ceuta 12 boza http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Doce-inmigrantes-desembarcan-Ceuta-patera_0_469303153.html 02/01/Tarifa 11 Boza dont 4 femmes http://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/Interceptada-patera-varones-menores-Estrecho_0_469303223.html http://watchthemed.net/index.php/reports/view/400 02/01/2015 Ceuta Un cadavre retrouvé sur la plage de Benzu http://elfarodigital.es/ceuta/sucesos/177091-lacadaver-de-un-subsahariano-en-la-playa-de-benzu.html http://www.ceutaactualidad.com/articulo/inmigracion/ultima-hora-hallan-cadaver-hombre-raza-negra-costa-benzu/20160102105404018736.html 02/01 Ceuta Trois arrestation au départ police nationale de Ceuta. http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Detenidos-inmigrantes-menor-viajar-polizones_0_468953257.html 03/01 Melilla Tentative de passage par une centaine de migrants: nombreux blessés et arrestations du côté […] …read more

From:: Marocco

January 2016: Boza, push-backs, deaths

Marocco

By beatingborders A non-exhaustive summary 02/01/2015 Ceuta 12 boza http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Doce-inmigrantes-desembarcan-Ceuta-patera_0_469303153.html 02/01/Tarifa 11 Boza amongst them 4 women http://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/Interceptada-patera-varones-menores-Estrecho_0_469303223.html http://watchthemed.net/index.php/reports/view/400 02/01 Ceuta One body found at the each of Benzu http://elfarodigital.es/ceuta/sucesos/177091-lacadaver-de-un-subsahariano-en-la-playa-de-benzu.html http://www.ceutaactualidad.com/articulo/inmigracion/ultima-hora-hallan-cadaver-hombre-raza-negra-costa-benzu/20160102105404018736.html 02/01 Ceuta Three arrests at the national police department of Ceuta http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Detenidos-inmigrantes-menor-viajar-polizones_0_468953257.html 03/01 Melilla Attempt to cross by about a hundred migrants: many injured and arrested […] …read more

From:: Marocco

Décembre 2015: Boza, push-backs, morts

Marocco

By beatingborders Malgré la répression féroce des forces Marocaines aux frontières, des rafles dans tous les camps ou se réfugient les migrants, des “retours à chaud” réguliers par la Guardia Espagnole, les migrants continuent leur lutte pour passer les frontières. Les risques qu’ils prennent sont proportionnelles aux dispositifs mis en place par les autoritées marocaines et Européennes […] …read more

From:: Marocco

No Border in actie tegen vergadering Frontex in Amsterdam: ‘Frontex kills for the EU’

Netherland

By No Border NetworkNo Border Network Vanochtend zijn No Border-activisten op diverse plaatsen in actie gekomen tegen de vergadering van het Management Board van Frontex op het Marineterrein in Amsterdam. Met spandoeken rondom het Marineterrein wordt voor een keer de bewegingsvrijheid van Europese beleidsmakers ingeperkt. De activisten verzetten zich tegen Fort Europa en de rol van Frontex hierin. Zij staan voor “sdadasdf” …read more

From:: Netherlands

Demo against Asylum Law Package II on Feb 16th

Berlin

By admin

Gegen Asylrechtsverschärfungen!

deutsch unten – francais en bas – Türk – Srpskohrvatski – اردو – العربية

No to even tighter laws! Yes to solidarity! Photo: Yusuf Beyazit

16th February 2016 at 6pm
start at LaGeSo (Turmstraße 21, 10559 Berlin) to Bundestag

In the next days the parliament will vote on a new law. This racist law is directed aggressively against refugees.

They Asylum Package II includes:
• “Special reception camps” for people from “secure” countries of origin, or people who are accused to have destroyed their documents, will be opened. In these camps the asylum procedure should be completed in three weeks with the aim to deport people faster.
• People coming from a country where there is war and who have the status of ‘Subsidiary Protection’ shall not be allowed to bring their family from abroad during the first two years of their stay.
• Deportations of people who are sick will be easier. Illnesses that people had already before they came to Germany will not be an obstacle to deportations anymore.
• Algeria, Tunesia and Marokko shall be declared as secure countries of origin in order to deport people more easily.

This Asylum Package II is an act of isolationist politics and …read more

From:: Berlin

Demo against Asylum Law Package II on Feb 16th

Berlin

By admin

Gegen Asylrechtsverschärfungen!

deutsch unten – francais en bas – Türk – Srpskohrvatski – اردو – العربية

No to even tighter laws! Yes to solidarity! Photo: Yusuf Beyazit

16th February 2016 at 6pm
start at LaGeSo (Turmstraße 21, 10559 Berlin) to Bundestag

In the next days the parliament will vote on a new law. This racist law is directed aggressively against refugees.

They Asylum Package II includes:
• „Special reception camps“ for people from „secure“ countries of origin, or people who are accused to have destroyed their documents, will be opened. In these camps the asylum procedure should be completed in three weeks with the aim to deport people faster.
• People coming from a country where there is war and who have the status of ‚Subsidiary Protection‘ shall not be allowed to bring their family from abroad during the first two years of their stay.
• Deportations of people who are sick will be easier. Illnesses that people had already before they came to Germany will not be an obstacle to deportations anymore.
• Algeria, Tunesia and Marokko shall be declared as secure countries of origin in order to deport people more easily.

This Asylum Package II is an act of isolationist politics and …read more

From:: Berlin

Video: Emergency shelter in Wiesenstraße throws out Syrian refugee woman at night

Berlin

By admin

[vimeo 154353396 w=500 h=281]

Klick HERE for the Press Release which was published few days ago.

Watch the video: https://vimeo.com/154353396

International Women Space got to know Viviana when she was still living the emergency shelter (Lager) at the Wiesenstraße, in Wedding, Berlin. On te 29th of January we went to the Notunterkunft to have a coffee with Viviana and see how she was. The moment we met, Viviana was already showing signs of stress. No wonder, she was one of the few women living in a shared space of a former Basketball Hall with 200 men having only her bed as a place of her own.

As we tried to get the house to see the conditions in which she was living, the security stopped us on the corridor. First they said that we had to show our documents before coming in. Fair enough. We know the procedures and are used to show our ID’s when entering such houses, but as soon as we were pushed back by the security to the entrance hall, they changed their minds and we could no longer enter the premisses at all. As some discussion continued, came the news that Viviana, by the way, …read more

From:: Berlin

Video: Emergency shelter in Wiesenstraße throws out Syrian refugee woman at night

Berlin

By admin

[vimeo 154353396 w=500 h=281]

Klick HERE for the Press Release which was published few days ago.

Watch the video: https://vimeo.com/154353396

International Women Space got to know Viviana when she was still living the emergency shelter (Lager) at the Wiesenstraße, in Wedding, Berlin. On te 29th of January we went to the Notunterkunft to have a coffee with Viviana and see how she was. The moment we met, Viviana was already showing signs of stress. No wonder, she was one of the few women living in a shared space of a former Basketball Hall with 200 men having only her bed as a place of her own.

As we tried to get the house to see the conditions in which she was living, the security stopped us on the corridor. First they said that we had to show our documents before coming in. Fair enough. We know the procedures and are used to show our ID’s when entering such houses, but as soon as we were pushed back by the security to the entrance hall, they changed their minds and we could no longer enter the premisses at all. As some discussion continued, came the news that Viviana, by the way, …read more

From:: Berlin

Greece koordination of the hotspots and registration of ngos in the hands of the military.

Lesbos

By ronja

Σε ΦΕΚ η Επιτροπή Συντονισμού του προσφυγικού

The greek goverment with a new parliament decision, anounced that it
will be the greek military and the ministery of it, that has the
responsability for the hotspots .A new coordination comittee in the
ministery of the Aegean and Island Politics, will make the acreditation
and registration of NGOS and volunteers .

Lets see how the great volunteer work done by thousands people from all
over the world on their own expences and suporting also the local
economy, all this months, in the greek islands, will be kicked off in a
short time.
Which means no eyes that can witness. Now more than ever: dont live the
refugees alone .

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From:: Lesvos

The Awakening – Film von Kenan Emini

Berlin

By admin

The Awakening, DE/CRO/SRB 2015, 39 min., OmdtUT
Ein Film von Kenan Emini

The Awakening (das Erwachen) ist ein Zustand der Lebens­rea­lität von Roma, die ab­ge­scho­ben wur­den. Wel­chen psycho­lo­gi­schen Effekt hat die Ab­schie­bung auf die Men­schen? Wie ergeht es den Kindern und Jugend­li­chen, die in Deutsch­land auf­ge­wach­sen sind und nun in einem fremden Land auf­wachen, fern von ihren Freun­den und ihrem ge­wohn­ten Um­feld? Der Film ge­währt einen Ein­blick in die­sen Zustand des Er­wachens bzw. des Ent­setzens der Betrof­fe­nen, die Deutschland als ihre Heimat betrach­tet haben und sich nun in einem für sie frem­den Land völ­lig neu orien­tie­ren müs­sen, und ver­mittelt ein authen­ti­sches Bild über die Schock­er­fah­rung Abschiebung. Zu­gleich zeigt er Rassis­mus und Diskri­mi­nie­run­gen auf, mit de­nen Roma in ver­schie­de­nen Län­dern Euro­pas konfron­tiert wer­den.

(Text: www.awakeningmovie.de)

Kenan Emini gehört zu den Gründungs­mit­glie­dern des Vereins Roma Center Göttingen e.V. und ist im Vor­stand des Bundesromaverbandes in Deutsch­land. Er hat die Kam­pagne „alle bleiben!“ mit­ge­grün­det und ist an sei­nem Pro­jekt „Romadness“ tätig. Er ist selbst Rom aus dem ehe­ma­li­gen Jugo­sla­wien und lebt seit 2000 in Deutsch­land.

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From:: Berlin