29 June 2023 – On 20 June 2023, World Refugee Day, and the days around it, activists in more than 20 cities across three continents took action to Abolish Frontex and end the EU border regime. Rome: protest in front of the detention center of Ponte Galeria
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Free Homayoun – Campaign for the release of Homayoun Sabetara
On 25.08.2021, Homayoun Sabetara, a migrant fleeing Iran, was arrested by Greek authorities in Thessaloniki after having driven a vehicle across the Turkish-Greek border. Following an unfair trial in a language foreign to his own, on 26.09.2022, Mr. Sabetara was then sentenced to an 18-year prison sentence for alleged smuggling. Mr. Sabetara was reportedly coerced …
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Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece – only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum
Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi. Today on World Refugee Day, we jointly demand full and independent investigations into the events, clear consequences for those responsible, an end to the systematic pushback practices at the European borders, and justice for the victims. 10 …
20 June: Actions in more than eight countries on World Refugee Day: Stop the war on migrants!
15 June 2023 – On World Refugee Day, Tuesday 20 June, and the days around it, activists in more than eight countries in Europe and Africa will come together for an international action day to Abolish Frontex and end the EU border regime. Less than two weeks after the latest attempt by EU policy makers …
How Frontex expanded in the wake of the Ukraine war
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 13 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in what the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called ‘the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II’. Breaking with a policy of deterring and containing asylum seekers outside its borders, …
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24 June, Rome: Action at CPR of Ponte Galeria – Let’s stop the war on migrants
5 June 2023 – In Rome, on 24 June at 4.30pm we will be in front of the Repatriation Detention Center (CPR) of Ponte Galeria, to relaunch international solidarity and raise our voices against xenophobia, structural racism and the criminalization of migrants. We will make our closeness felt to those who are locked up in …
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Letter to protest deportation agreement between Belgium and Senegal
25 May 2023 – BOZA FII has written letters to the ambassador of Belgium (see below), the Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Directorate of Senegalese Abroad, to protest the agreement Belgium has recently signed with Senegal to facilitate deportations. The Directorate of Senegalese Abroad refused to receive the letter.
From Tripoli to Bruxelles: Amplify the Voices of Refugees in Libya! – Demonstration in Brussels on 1st of July 2023
19 May 2023 – Refugees in Libya and Solidarity with Refugees in Libya call for a demonstration in Brussels on 1 July. Join the demo and spread the call below! Brussels is at the centre of European decision-making, with the headquarters of EU-Council, the EU-Commission and its parliament. It is also the heart of EU border …
[EN/DE/AR/FR/IT] JOIN THE ABOLISH FRONTEX INTERNATIONAL ACTION DAY – 20 JUNE 2023
[EN/ DE/ AR /FR / IT] JOIN THE ABOLISH FRONTEX INTERNATIONAL ACTION DAY – 20 JUNE 2023 Stop the war on migrants On 20 June – World Refugee Day – Abolish Frontex calls for an international decentralised day of action for all anti-racist and no-border collectives, for all groups fighting for rights and dignity …
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1-6 June: Stop Deportation! Protest Camp in Berlin
Get your tents and sleeping bags ready! Only a few more weeks before the Stop Deportation! Protest Camp starts ✊✊