Festung Europa: Eine Reise entlang der Migrationsfront
Film: http://www.spiegel.tv/filme/opendoku-festung-europa/
The refugee challenge: can you break into Fortress Europe? – interactive
As EU governments have made it harder to seek refuge in Europe, the flow of refugees fleeing the world’s most desperate conflicts is increasing. We invite you to make the choices real refugees have to make and find out what it’s really like to look for safety in Fortress Europe.
Your name is Karima. You are a 28-year-old Sunni woman from Aleppo, and you have two children, a girl aged eight, and a 10-year-old boy. Your husband was killed in a mortar attack three months ago. The air strikes have continued – a recent bomb, you hear, killed 87 children – and you now feel you must try to leave Syria.Many of your friends and family have already fled, most to neighbouring countries where they are in refugee camps; few have travelled into Europe. Only 55,000 Syrian refugees – 2.4 per cent of the total number of people who have fled Syria – have claimed asylum in the EU.You have some money you could use for your journey – you consider your options.
[EN] http://www.migreurop.org/article2476.html?lang=en
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DO NOT VOTE IN FAVOUR OF AN EU-TURKEY READMISSION AGREEMENT!
On 26 February, the European Parliament will vote on the “EU-Turkey agreement on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation”. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and Migreurop call upon the European Parliament to vote against this agreement until the full respect of rights of migrants and refugees can be guaranteed at all stages of the readmission procedure.
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L’article di Fabrizio Gatti
http://gatti.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2014/02/27/bulgaria
Les photos des réfugiés syriens en Bulgarie de Matteo Bastianelli
http://espresso.repubblica.it/foto/2014/02/03/galleria/
Elhovo et Harmanli, lieux de frontières. A une demi heure de ces deux villes, dans le sud de la Bulgarie, l’idéal d’une Europe commune dans la politique, la marchandise et aussi les personnes sera à nouveau blessé par des tonnes de barbelés. Trentes km d’acier et béton, fait de lames coupant . Ce mur laissera passer les marchandises, mais pas les personnes. Empechera donc les réfugiés syriens d’entrer en Bulgarie. Ou mieux, dévieront probablement ces memes réfugiés, en les poussant à prendre des bateaux et réjoindre l’Europe de la Libye . Ou vers autre frontières terrestres où bientôt seront getés encore des barbelés.
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Sulle rotte dell’Euromediterraneo – Carovane alle frontiere, per i diritti e la dignità: prima tappa Libano, Turchia, Tunisia
promosse da Un Ponte per … e Coalizione Ya Basta Marche – EmiliaRomagna – Nordest – Perugia
In tante e tanti stiamo sottoscrivendo la Carta di Lampedusa per affermare che la vita e i diritti essenziali di ogni essere umano vengono prima delle normative formali.
Il dramma che vivono migliaia di donne e uomini costretti ad abbandonare le loro case, per sfuggire a conflitti e tensioni, passa attraverso il mare che lambisce le nostre coste, attraverso le frontiere intorno all’Europa.
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http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/
„Vorwürfe wegen Toten vor griechischer Insel Grenzschützer sollen Flüchtlinge aufs Meer geschleppt haben
Zwölf Flüchtlinge ertrinken vor den Augen der griechischen Küstenwache. Womöglich sterben sie gerade ihretwegen.
Von Stefan Buchen, Athen, und Frederik Obermaier
Immer wieder holt Sabur Azizi die Fotos hervor: Sie zeigen seinen Sohn Behzad und seine Frau Elahe, beide lächeln, sehen erleichtert aus. Ihr Blick erzählt von dem großen Glück, es nach einer Flucht vorerst in Sicherheit geschafft zu haben, an einen Ort, wo man bei schönem Wetter sogar schon sein Ziel am Horizont sehen kann. Europa.
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Migrant ‘Push Backs’ at Sea are Prohibited ‘Collective Expulsions’
By Nikolaos Sitaropoulos
Collective expulsions of migrants at sea have often resulted in tragedy and are prohibited by Protocol No. 4 to the ECHR.
In the early hours of 20 January 2014, a boat coming from Turkey carrying twenty-seven Afghan and Syrian migrants was intercepted by the Greek coast guard near the isle of Farmakonisi, in the southeast Aegean Sea, and later capsized. Eight migrant children and three migrant women drowned. While this operation was described by the Greek authorities as a rescue, the migrant survivors adamantly alleged that it was, in fact, a ‘push back.’ ‘Push back’ is a widely-used term that has overshadowed the legal term, ‘collective expulsion,’ the prohibition of which was expressly provided for in 1963 in the one-sentence, oft-forgotten, Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 (‘Article 4-4’) to the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’).
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http://www.proasyl.de/de/presse/
Presseerklärung
EU-Parlamentsdebatte über die Flüchtlingskatastrophe von Farmakonisi – Europas Mitverantwortung
PRO ASYL: Flüchtlingsschiff und die Körper der Vermissten bergen!
Mehr als zwei Wochen nach der Bootskatastrophe vor der griechischen Insel Farmakonisi ist das Flüchtlingsschiff noch nicht einmal lokalisiert worden. PRO ASYL befürchtet, dass die dringend notwendige Bergung nicht konsequent betrieben wird. Nach der gestrigen Debatte im Europaparlament zu der Flüchtlingskatastrophe vor Farmakonisi am 20. Januar 2014 fordert PRO ASYL:
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Des migrants naufragés accusent la Grèce
Les gardes-côtes auraient tenté de refouler un bateau transportant des Syriens et des Afghans, dont 11 ont péri en mer
MAX GYSELINCK pour „Le Monde“
Un grand sourire illumine le visage du petit Youssef, 15 mois. Bien au chaud dans les bras de sa mère, il rit, s’agite et s’amuse des grimaces de son père. Un enfant comme les autres… ou presque. Youssef est le seul enfant ayant survécu au terrible naufrage survenu dans la nuit du 19 au 20 janvier à proximité de l’île grecque de Farmakonisi et qui a coûté la vie à onze migrants, principalement des femmes et des enfants.
http://refugeegr.blogspot.se/2014/01/reports-from-press-conference-by.html
Reports from press conference by survivors of Farmakonisi
On 25 January, during the press conference held by organizations and movements for human rights, thousands of people including refugees and migrant communities, women – children and various reporters participated and listened carefully to speakers who were among the survivors of the incident on 20 January in Farmakonisi.