Antirakneipe 16.07.10
11. Juli 2010 in der Hafenvokü, Hamburg
19:30 Mobilisierungs-/Infoveranstaltung zu den No Border Aktivitäten in
Griechenland im August & September.
Themen u.a.: Venna/Mitilini, Frontex, Dublin 2. more infos
Danach: Kneipe
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Swarming NoBorder-activities in Greece from 27.8.-11.9.2010
Welcome to Europe on Tour
Swarming NoBorder-activities in Greece from 27.8.-11.9.2010
These days, Greece is in the headlines because of the crisis: the imminant
threat of state bankrupcy, the dictate by IMF and the EU to cut the budget
which will drive big parts of the population into poverty, who react with
furious protest, general strikes and big demonstrations. It is hard to say
how the situation will develop this summer. It should be obvious though
that this is not solely a Greek crisis. The Euro is stumbling in Greece,
but it is the Europe of Maastricht which strikes back.
But it is also the Europe of Schengen, the Europe of border regime and
migration control, which is active in Greece. After the routes crossing
the west atlantic and the mediterranean sea have been largely blocked,
Greece has become the main gate to the EU for refugees and migrants, due
to its geographical position and uncontrollable sea borders.
Last year a noborder camp took place on Lesvos, one of the main arrival
islands in the Aegean Sea. The pictures of the totally overcrowded island
prison and the deeply inhuman internment practices have not been
forgotten. However, the revolts and campaigns that led to the closing of
Pagani prison were just as impressive, and in many refugee camps in the
whole of Europe the stories of ‘noborder’ is still being told.
Europe is intervening. As if to quickly patch the situation, Frontex, the
European border agency is involved in establishing a system of selection
and deportation which is equivalent to European ‘standards’. “Screening
centres” will be the new name for the detention centres in Greece. They
target that which had been possible despite all the repression and chaos
in Greece: freedom of movement, the ability to continue the journey to the
countries in the centre of Europe.
The start of the swarming noborder activities will be parallel actions in
Venna (north of Greece) and Samos (an Aegean island): the weekend of the
27th and 28th of August will be both giving the old detention system the
final push (since in Venna, the conditions are pretty much like they were
in Pagani) and confronting the new “screening system” in Samos, which
relies on selection and deportation.
The following weekend (3rd and 4th of September), the international trade
fair takes place in Thessaloniki, an international economic event with a
highly political profile. It is where usually, the Greek government
presents its economical policies for the coming year. Given the crisis,
bigger protests are to be expected.
At the same time, Welcome to Europe will travel form Samos to Lesvos: the
island will also be a gateway for refugees this year. Like last year, we
want to turn the island into an island of welcome and invite everybody to
join us.
The weekend of 10th and 11th of September will then conclude the swarming
noborder in Athens, with a big action targeting Frontex.
Due to the crisis, not all of these plans are definitive. Last year the
hunger strikes in Pagani led to the noborder starting several days early,
which came as a surprise and had us change the entire programme. This
time, we know that we need to act according to the developments: struggles
don’t usually follow a programme. We will start our journey and will see,
what it brings. We invite all those that bring the readiness to act
spontaneaously.
Welcome to Europe Network
Further information to all our tour stops will be found shortly under:
http://w2eu.net
Transnational call “No border lasts forever!” about activities against
Frontex and European migration regime not only in Greece see:
www.noborder.org – Contact: contact@w2eu.info
