German Frontex´ Klaus Rösler in Berlin - Ferries not Frontex !‏

Hi you!

Yesterday was a day of various mobilizations in Berlin. Many people felt
the need to go to the street and express their anger and sadness about
the many deaths that occured last week in the Mediterranean, and about
the cynical reaction of the EU politicians.

One group mobilized to a commemoration of the dead at the representation
of the EU-Commission at 5:00pm.

The alarm phone group of Berlin/Push back Frontex campaign mobilized for
6:00pm to the building of a foundation which had invited Klaus Rösler,
Operative Director of Frontex, to "explain the European border protection".

Rösler is known to be demanding that the Italian Coast Guard "should not
take every phone call from outside the 30 mile zone as a rescue call".
Other initiatives had mobilized to the same event.

"13.04. - 400+; 19.04. - 750 + dead - Stop War on Migrants"
was spraypainted on a banner in the street, while people were still
gathering to a manifestation in the center of Berlin, until about 200 -
300 were there. The atmosphere was spontaneous, energetic and concentrated.

We distributed leaflets, and people with very different own migration
backgrounds let people know why we were there by a mobile sound system.
When Rösler indeed finally came, he was greeted by "Mittelmeer -
Massengrab - das ist Mord im Staatsauftrag" (Mediterranean, Mass Grave -
this is state-ordered murder) and "EU Frontex and Police: Stop the War
on Refugees", and of course "Say it loud, say it clear: Refugees are
welcome here"-Slogans, and of a loud "we are angry!"
The police had some difficulties to get him into the building, and to
keep back the manifestation from entering it.
Find some pictures here:
http://afrique-europe-interact.net/1315-0-Protest-gegen-Rsler-22042015.html
On one or two of them you might notice that he was hit a little by a
bomb which turned out to be marmelade
... the spontaneous outburst of indignation that someone like him dared
to give a speech like this in a situation like this was impressive.

People did not only refer to and Frontex, however, but took the open mic
to accuse the whole deadly border regime, and the racism that´s behind
it. We had a powerful manifestation, and it felt good to be angry
collectively!

(we waited outside until the presentation of Rösler was over. We heard
that he had a difficult time inside as well - e.g. he was asked how he
can still sleep with so man people having died the last week. We didn´t
see him come out, rumours were that he preferred to stay inside or that
he had left over a wall in the backyard.)

Greetings!

wim