Milan, saturday June the 21st. Our Europe has no borders. A train to violate European border
No border train. 2pm. From anywhere in Italy to Milan Train Station and beyond European borders
This is the nth “migration emergency”, with thousands of people who escape wars and violence, and arrive on the Italian coasts. It brings, as usual, all its corollary of violations, illegitimate praxes, exceptions to rights, hypocrisies and exploitations. This is happening in the southern sea, where people still die, despite Mare Nostrum, as well as at the internal borders of Europe that entrap thousands of people in the first country of arrival. The same is for the “plan of extraordinary emergency” of the Italian government, that is a new opportunity for making money on migrants’ back. This is a scenario that the result of the recent European elections risks to worsen, transforming Europe into a real battle field, where borders play a fundamental role. Those who arrive today on the Italian coasts are escaping violence and persecutions.