Demo against the war on migrants / Borders Kill

Cancelled: Saturday, 14 March

Demo against the war on migrants / Borders Kill

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Cancelled

UPDATE

"We do understand the concerns people have about the spreading of the Corona virus, but this does not mean we can take away our attention from what’s happening at the borders of Europe, which the mainstream media seems to already have forgotten about. Refugees stuck on the borderzones of Fortress Europe and on the Greek islands have been living in dire and inhumane circumstances for a long time. These people are already in big risk of becoming ill, and no government cares for them. The first instances of Corona have by now reached a refugee camp on Lesbos."

FULL STATEMENT: https://www.agamsterdam.org/cancelled-demo-stop-the-war-against-imigrant...

 

Dam Square, Amsterdam 14:00

The EU, the Turkish and Greek state decided to play with human lives. Several immigrants try to pass the borders from Turkey to Greece and Europe, but are being blocked violently by Greek forces. The Greek government decided to close the borders with the support of the EU and keep anyone seeking asylum from getting in the country.

Frontex and the Greek coastguard violently prevent boats from reaching the islands, while one child has drowned. NGOs and journalists covering the incidents in the islands have been attacked by nationalists. In the land borders, the military, police forces, armed civilians and fascists gathered to block immigrants firing tear gas and even bullets. One immigrant is dead and several wounded.

At the same time, those immigrants that are already in Greece live in camps in horrible conditions. The EU decided to provide 700 million euros to the Greek state, while lots of money is spend for military and police operations. All this money and much more that’s in the pockets of those in power who get richer by exploiting our lives, could be used to help immigrants establish and live in Europe.

We are angry because governments play with people’s lives. We want immigrants in our neighbourhoods, our schools, our working places and in our social struggles. The earth does not belong to anyone, we demand freedom of movement!

AGAINST FORTRESS EUROPE
DEMOLISH THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
OPEN THE BORDERS AND STOP THE WAR ON MIGRANTS
SOLIDARITY WILL WIN

Date & Time: 

Saturday, 14 March, 2020 - 14:00

Is this a callout or mobilisation?: 

  • national callout

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  • action/protest/camp

The Vrije Bond (Free Union) is a group of people who are trying to build a different society: a society without hierarchies, without oppression and without exploitation of humans, animals and the environment; an anarchist society in which we deal with each other on a basis of equality.

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