April 2nd - European day of Action
From Global Project Bologna a summary of transmissions and correspondences, updated at 15:30 pm
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Athens – 5,000 to 6,000 citizens demostrated in Athens. The most of them were migrant citizens. “In Greek a new immigration law is under discussion and we are opposing it”, Olga explains.
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More info: http://athens.indymedia.org
Slovenia - A demonstration in going on in front of a temporary detention centre. This centre in very far from inhabited zones. Anderj tells us about this demonstration and about the yesterday demonstration in Ljubljana.
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Pictures from second day of action on:
http://www.dostje.org,
http://www.kiberpipa.org
Manifestation Not tolerance - rights for everyone!
http://www.dostje.org
Communicative action against Detention center in Veliki otok near Postojna »For Wireless Europe
Paris - On Friday April 1st, 2005, around one hundred persons have occupied in the afternoon the IOM (International Organization for Migrations) offices in Paris. Within the framework of the 2nd European day of mobilization, a dozen of associations, groups, collectives and individuals (9ème collectif de Sans-Papiers, AC!, Alternative Libertaire, CNT, Collectif de soutien aux exilés du 10ème, Coordination des Intermittents et Précaires d’Ile de France, Droits devant !!, GISTI) gathered to denounce the global policies of management of migrations based upon utilitarianism: Europe wants workers, not citizens. The head of OIM-Paris, Abye MAKONNEN, maintained that his NGO was in foreigners camps only to insure the "well being" of the migrants, and to provide them assistance, and that IOM is only a tool for states decisions to "restraint" borders crossing.
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The whole discussion is available on:
http://serontb.free.fr/OIM/.
Also a few pictures at:
http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=34682
Goteborg - In Goteborg there has been a manifestation focused on the issues of migration and the right to stay. In Sweden there are several detention centres, with more and more people in them, and the living conditions are getting worse. That’s why they’re building new detention camps. The Swedish government has recognized the campaign carried on by activists about the human rights of the migrants, soon the system is going to change and the situation is going to improve for 10-15000 migrants.
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Helsinki - In Helsinki there has been a demonstration during which an air company participating in migrants deportation has been blocked for several hours. In Helsinki there is a large detention centre for migrants, most of which come from former USSR, in what used to be a prison, which was declared unsuitable for being a prison according to the European standards. After the protests of the activists this centre is closing down and another one is opening, with less brutal detention conditions, but a prison anyway.
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Helsinki: Demo & an action against deportation-business
Rotterdam – Activists went to the Rotterdam harbour, where two boats are used as prisons for migrants, with about 760 people confined inside in very hard living conditions. This is a new type of detention recently invented by the government to lock up migrants in a cheaper way compared to building prisons for this purpose. Activists tried to make themselves seen and heard by the people inside the boats, to manifest their solidarity. Migrants responded from the inside throwing pieces of paper with messages on them from the windows. In Holland a maximum period of detention is not scheduled, and the detention can be renewed month by month for an indeterminate period, so people con be prisoned even fo ten or eleven months.
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Germany - An iniziative infront of the center for refugees and asylum seekers in Brandeburg. The center is absolutely isolated in the outskirts of the city. It is possible to enter and exit, but the immigrants are required to live there. During the demonstration some activists chained themselves to the gates of the center. The protest is moving towards the government headquarters to criticize these politics of social seperation in Germany. Yesterday in Francoforte the air company Eurofly was grassroots sanctioned because they provide services for the expulsion of immigrants. The corrispondence from Hagen of the No Border netwrok.
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Frankfurt Airport: Demonstration inside the Terminal | [ pictures ]
Invasion of the jungle camp of Bahnsdorf
Barcellona – Activists are in front of the detention center "de La Verneda" in the historic part of the city. While a group is blocking the gates, others have climbed onto the walls. This afternoon there will also be a march.
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Spagna/Almeria - This is the third demonstration for the freedom of circulation taking place in Almeria since the beginning of year 2005. Almeria is one of the strongest knot for migrants’ struggles in Spain. Miguel belongs to SOC, the work union of rural workers, he explains to Global Radio the struggle process in Almeria and the will to carry it on if PSOE doesn’t change the way to apply this extraordinary regularization process.
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Spagna/Malaga – The demonstration starts at 6 p.m with more thab 800 people, most of them migrants from Sub Sahara Africa. They demand an easier access to Zapatero’s Government’regularisation whose requirements are difficult for moste of foreingners .The regularization process has started on 1st of febbruary and ends on the 7th of may .
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Spain/Radio Chapa - Starting from 1 pm a Radio Chapa has broadcasted No border Radio, a special bradcast on 2nd of april initiatives.
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London, England - Widespread actions across England, from Nottingham to Caterbury. A Europe in movemnent.
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April 2nd - European day of Action/First reports from UK
Canterbury April 3rd protest to defend asylum seekers
Crotone - A protest/demonstration in fornt of the detention center Sant’Anna. The activists and all of the associations present are demanding to enter to see the conditions. The detention center in Crotone is the bigest in Europe: there are over 1000 cells. Inside, the "first arrivals" center is also hosted. This is the detention center in which the immigrants who landed in Lampadusa were sent.
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Naples - The demonstration has just left from piazza Garibaldi. Hundreds of people are participating. After yesterday’s invasion iniziative at the identification center of Borgo Mezzanone, today the anti-racist, precarious, student, immigrant, and unemployment networks have taken to the streets to fight against the absence of immigrant rights.
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Venice - Activists are standing in front of the police headquarter to reclaim the extend of the deadline for the renewal of the residence papers.
Treviso - Action in front of the foreign office during the second European day of action for freedom of movement and universal rights.
Padova - Francesca from the Ass. Racism Stop! tells us about this morning’s initiative at the City Hall of Padua: An occupation with banners and placards demanding the immediate closure of the detention centers and for the extension of citizenship rights to all immigrant residents. - [ audio ]
Bari - An interview with Caterina from the NoBorder network who talks about the organization of the actions for the European day of mobilitization for the closure of immigrant detention centers.
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Ragusa - (Italy) - Demonsration against a detention centre for only women which has opened recently in this Sicilian town. Alessandra tells Global Radio that the demo is colourful and well participated from all big towns od Sicily. audio ita
Six activists from Sicilian Antiracist Network got in the CPT together with a Senator of DS Party.
April 1st
On-air and on-line all around Europe!
Venice (Italy) – Action against Confraternita della Misericordia
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Cormons (Gorizia) – The occupation of Misericordia’s branch
Around 30 activists denounced the connivance of this institution with the management of detention centres in Italy. The occupation of Misericordia’s offices lasted about two hours, activists reclaim that Gorizia’s detention centre never opens and that Misericordia immediately drops its contracts.
[ See the news in Italian ].
Confraternita italiana della Misericordia: business on migrations
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Rome – The occupation of Blue Panorama
In the morning activists from ESC laboratory, Astra and Action occupied Blue Panorama Airlines main offices. Blue Panorama Airlines, together with many others, place their planes at deportations’ disposal: they repatriate migrant citizens that hold no residence papers.
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Milan – No border, No Nation, No Deportation
The occupation and closing down of Alitalia’s offices
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Borgo Mezzanone (Foggia) – Activists invade the identification centre
The identification centre is to become a detention centre from next April 5th. Antiracist activists of Campania region and of the No CPT network of Puglia region managed to enter inside the centre and to talk with the asylum seekers that are at the moment detained.
Action in Borgo Mezzanone - Italy - report
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Munchen (Germany) - Hagen from the Noborder network makes an overview of the actions in Europe on the 1st and 2nd of April. He talks about the importance of a european common day of action on migrants struggles and the link between Euromayday and 2nd April, precarity and migrants labour. [ audio eng ]
Gisela outside the office of the “Regierung von Oberbayern” talks about a theather action with 50 refugees. The office is responsible of the managment of the refugee camp in Munchen. This action aims to show the very oppressive conditions of living of the refugees inside the camp.
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Copenhagen (Denmark) - An interview with Nikolaj, Global Roots.
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Next April 2 nd 2005 is to be the second European day of action and mobilisation in the name of the right to freely move and against detention centres where migrant citizens are caged.
The proposal started in London during the ESF in the self-organised Beyond the Forum space. A multiplicity of groups and networks soon considered it a growing step forward for organisations and groups rebelling against the growing social precariousness that has evident and dramatic consequences on migrants’ living and working conditions.
The first day of European action took place last January 31st 2004: 40 EU cities held initiatives against detention centres, key-words were: permanent regularisation for all! European networks that reclaim income, social rights for all and the abrogation of Fortress Europe laws are calling for action next April 2nd 2005.
[ Read the call to action in English ]
[ Read the call to action in French ]
[ Read the call to action in Spanish ]
[ Read the call to action in Italian ]
This day aims to become an alternative opposition to EU constitutional process, which is based on exclusion and exploitation, and it is strongly enriched by the widespread struggles against casuality of labour and precariousness in everyday life. Struggles in workplaces, in the name of the right to have a house, against racism and discriminations, against detention centres point out a new idea of Europe. These struggles involve migrants and non-migrants in a process of claims of a common human dignity.
April the 2nd initiatives, actions and mobilisations are thought towards EuroMayDay 2005 and are targeted against those laws that on a global ground manage the exploitation of the labour force.
The European meeting held in Berlin on the 15th and 16th of January stressed the importance of a process starting around the 2nd of april until the 1st of may, a day which is declaratedly developped on a european level.
Read the European call to action for Euromayday 2005
The way from the 2nd of April to the Euromayday has already moved his steps in Italy, starting with the mobilisation on the 19th of Febbruary in Parma, going on with the direct action against the new detention centre of Gradisca d’Isonzo near Gorizia last 26th of Febbruary and again with the initiative against modern lagers such as Via Corelli’s detention center.
See a first overview of all countries in action on these days
Together with GlobalRadio, Melting Pot Europa is going to broadcast on saturday the 2nd of April, a special radio program completely dedicated to European initiatives held during the 2nd of april.
We’ll be on air all day long with correspondencies from all countries in action.
To listen to Global Radio Hot Bird 13° E - Freq. 11199,66 Mhz - Pol. vert. - Symbolrate 27500 Or via streaming web from www.globalproject.info
Contacts to Melting Pot Europa for 2nd of April broadcastings:
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Links:
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http://pajol.eu.org/
http://carava.net/
http://madiaq.indymedia.org/
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