13th of october: refugee-demonstration in Berlin ...Fwd: Refugee-Protests in Germany: March to Berlin: – Call for all refugees‏

dear-all,
the refugee-march in germany,which started-in-september-in-würzburg,
was already mentioned some times on the action2-mailinglist, and the
march meanwhile arrived in berlin. saturday, 13th of october, a
bigger demonstration will take place, find a mobilisation clip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orn3RqzkM_U&feature=youtu.be

and much more informations, pictures, press-statements from the march-
on-the-website:

http://refugeetentaction.net/

and-a-call-attached...
best,
hagen


„Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it
shall be the duty of all state authority.“
(Art 1, Paragraph 1 Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany)

Dear Berliner and visitors of Berlin,

At the beginning of September a group of refugees started to march
from Würzburg to Berlin on foot to claim their human rights which
they have been – like all asylum seekers – denied in this state.
With this protest march they defy the residence obligation imposed
upon them and will arrive on October 6th, 2012, at Oranienplatz in
Berlin-Kreuzberg. There a resi dence camp is being build up right now
for them and their supporters, so that their demands are heard and
accomplished here in the capital.

On the 13th of October, 2012, there will be a big demonstration from
Oranienplatz to the Bundestag in order to demand the immediate
abolition of the degrading conditions.

We demand:

The abolition of the residence obligation, which prohibits refugees
to leave the place of residence assigned to them by the authorities.

The abolition of the lager obligation, which prohibits refugees to
choose their resi dence themselves.

The abolition of the working prohibition, which prohibits refugees to
look for work makes them dependent on service providers who make
money from their institutio nalized situation.

The abolition of the assignment of food packages, which prohibits
refugees to choose their food themselves.

The access to education particularly to German language courses, so
that refugees can flourish and actively partake in society.

The speeding up of the asylum procedure, which right now is a long-
lasting process and means months or even years of insecurity and not-
knowing for refugees and therefo re is also a heavy mental strain on
them

The granting of residence permits for an unlimited period for
refugees in Germany, in order to open up perspectives on personal,
social and economical development for refugees living in Germany.

The abolition of deportation and expulsion regulations and practices
in the Federal Republic of Germany. No criminal offense committed and
no breach of regulations justifies it to deprive a person of her/his
living environment and base of existence in Germany.

The granting of free choice of residence within Germany. At the
moment German au thorities decide on the place of residence of
refugees and asylum seekers, even when close relatives and friends of
the persons concerned are already living in Germany.

The granting of the german citizenship for children of refugees who
were born in Germa ny. Only the citizenship guarantees that these
children can grow up under humane conditions at the place of their
birth and have a secured future in Germany.

Please support our protest and our demands:

Get information at our protest tent at Oranienplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg!
Show solidarity with refugees in Germany and take part in our
demonstration on the 13th of October, 2012.
Bring warm clothes, sleeping bags and blankets you do not need
anymore to the tent at Oranienplatz.

Donate for court and lawyer fees, costs of transportation, copies,
banner material, paint, etc. Donations can be transferred to the
following account using the keyword “Protestcamp Berlin“:

Förderverein Karawane e.V. GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG keyword:
„Protestcamp Berlin“ account number: 4030780800 bank code number:
43060967 IBAN: DE28 4306 0967 4030 7808 00 BIC: GENODEM1GLS
WEITERE INFOS:

****** facebook.com/solidarity.asylumseekers.berlin
****** asylstrikeberlin.wordpress.com
****** refugeetentaction.net
****** facebook.com/refugeemarch






>
> Dear all,
>
> since some months a series of selforganised refugee-protests take
> place in various cities in Germany and the refugee-activists
> decided now for a march to Berlin in September. Read the call below
> and find a german and farsi version on the following website:
> http://gustreik.blogsport.eu/
>
> more informations:
>
> http://thevoiceforum.org/
>
> http://thecaravan.org/
>
> http://www.fluechtlingsrat-bayern.de/
>
> best, hagen
>
>
>
> March to Berlin: Call for all refugees
>
> The human being’s mission to achieve freedom is not to stand in
> line but to disrupt the queue
> You, all the asylum seekers that live under inhumane conditions in
> Germany and see your lives and the lives of your children going
> through a gradual death, you who like prisoners are kept in asylum
> seekers’ camps, facing all the Apartheid discriminatory conditions
> that treat you like second class citizens, you who expect your
> deportation order to arrive at any moment, you who stand at the
> lowermost layers of the society, carrying all the weight of the
> unfair society on your shoulders, whilst the only thing you are
> allowed to do is to obey the cruel and inhuman rule of limited
> travelling range, NOW is the time to rise up against all this!
> NOW is the time of our uprising because we do not want to passively
> witness the death of one of us, since the inhumane treatment of the
> asylum seekers in Germany can lead any human being to a gradual or
> a sudden death. Now after 5 months since the start of the asylum
> seekers’ protest in Germany, that began on 19th of March 2012 in
> Würtzburg and inspired asylum seekers of other cities to rise up,
> the movement strengthened by the resistance and perseverance of the
> asylum seeker is going to aim for a much bigger step.
>
> We will NOT respect the laws that do not respect us as human beings
>
> The striking asylum seekers all over the Germany who have initiated
> a strong and coordinated joint protest, have decided to launch a
> new action on 8th of September: on this day asylum seekers will
> move towards Berlin from 2 different routes and after gathering in
> this city they will show to the German government that any action
> towards implementation of the inhumane deportation law will be
> responded back by the asylum seeker’s movement and will not remain
> unopposed. They will shout louder than ever that they will continue
> their struggle until the asylum seekers’ camps with their
> catastrophic conditions are abolished. In fact by gathering in
> Berlin, the asylum seekers will actively disobey the discriminatory
> law of limited travelling range, which forces the asylum seekers to
> remain within a certain area. This well coordinated action, which
> is solely organized by the asylum seekers themselves and is
> independent of any political party or group, will be a way to
> strongly voice the opposition against the ‘limited travelling
> range’ law.
> As mentioned before, the march towards Berlin will start
> simultaneously from 2 separate routes: one in which asylum seekers
> will walk from Würzburg towards Berlin and the other where they
> will use transportation means and will pass through west of
> Germany. The two marches will arrive at the same time in Berlin and
> will join each other. This action will first be launched by the
> asylum seekers from two provinces of South Germany (Bayern and
> Baden-Württemberg), but will not remain limited to only these two
> provinces. All asylum seekers living in camps and places that are
> on the way to Berlin will be visited and they will all be invited
> to join the protest.
> We call all the asylum seekers who like us will no more bear the
> inhuman conditions and have in different ways revolted against
> them, to join us so that by uniting our forces we can bring the
> decades of struggles for the asylum seekers’ rights to its long
> awaited goal.
> In Berlin we will stand hand in hand and in solidarity and we will
> once more announce our legitimate demands;
>
> - we demand the abolishment of all the asylum seekers’ camps in
> Germany
> - deportation is an inhumane law, a law that solely serves the
> political and economic interests of those who are in power, this
> law must be abolished
> - we demand that the law of the limited free travelling of the
> asylum seekers is abolished.
> To all asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants in Germany:
> we have all left our countries for different reasons, and we all
> came to this country hoping for a better and safer life. Most of us
> have come from thousands of kilometers away to this place, going
> through all sorts of agony, danger and suffering to get here. We
> have tolerated all the hardship hoping for a better life in future.
> It is perhaps now the time to wear the same shoes we were wearing
> when we crossed all the borders on the way to here, it is perhaps
> now the time to travel for some more tens of Kilometers ahead, this
> time not alone but all together towards creating a better world.
> To the asylum seekers of southern provinces: on 8th of September we
> will all gather in Würtzburg and will be looking forward to all and
> each of you joining us.
> The asylum seekers of other provinces who share our concerns: we
> will do our best to come to your camps and to move together with
> you towards Berlin.
> For more information please contact:
> Contact for South and East Germany
>
> Email:Ashkan.Khorasani@gmail.com
> Tel: 017679837911
> Contact for North and West Germany
>
> Email:cheislive@gmail.com
> Tel:017669381085
> Coordinating committe of the strikning asylum seekers in Germany