Swarming NoBorder-activities in Greece from 27.8.-11.9.2010

15.Aug.10 - 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.  [read more]

Out now: Crossing Borders #8: FrontExplode - Fighting the Borderregime

25.May.10 - "No border lasts forever!" Thats the ambiguous title of a call recently published by the Network Welcome to Europe. The new call tries to interconnect the upcoming series of transnational mobilisations with a main common reference: the struggle against Frontex! Highlighting some main aspects of Frontex function and role in the borderregime the new multilingual issue of crossing borders intends to contribute and to inspire these next months mobilisations and struggles.
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No border lasts forever! - 5 years Frontex - 5 years after Ceuta & Melilla

02.May.10 - No border lasts forever - 5 years Frontex - 5 years after Ceuta & Melilla 5 years ago in May 2005, Frontex, the European border agency, started its work with a few pilot projects. Today, Frontex is permanently involved in militarized sea- and land-operations against refugees and migrants on the European border as well as in the coordination of charter-deportations. Frontex is the driving force on different levels intensifying the repressive system of migration-control even beyond EU-borders. In their mission, to combat so-called illegal migration, Frontex is willing to accept the death of thousands of refugees in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. Thus Frontex represents one of the main counterparts in our struggle for freedom of movement.

5 years ago in October 2005 migrants and refugees have been shot to death on their way to Europe - trying to overcome the fences of the Spanish exclaves in Ceuta and Melilla. The collective storm with self-made ladders against Fortress Europe was met by the use of rubber and even live bullets of the Spanish and Moroccan border guards. Thus Ceuta and Melilla visualize and symbolize the brutality of the European border regime against flight and migration. [read more]

Migrationrelated Activities during the European Social Forum in Istanbul

02.May.10 - This is a first summary of the planned migration related workshops at the European Social Forum that is taking place in Istanbul from the 1st to the 4th of July 2010. In addition to the workshops listed here it is proposed to organize a street-protest against detention camps in Turkey, the EU and frontex-pressure to force the the Turkish government to act as another watchdog for the eu-borderregime. More information will be added here as it becomes.  [read more]

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