On Saturday 18 December, International Migrants Day and an action day of the
international Abolish Frontex campaign, we blockaded the car gates of theKoningin Máximakazerne, a location of the Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar -military police) near Schiphol airport. This location is home to the BorderSecurity Training Centre, which is also a Frontex training location. ---- On topof this the KMar itself is responsible for border security and control in TheNetherlands and for deporting people on the move. KMar-personnel also takes partin Frontex operations and is involved in border externalisation efforts, bytraining and supporting border authorities in non-EU-countries, such as Libya,Niger and Lebanon.Early in the morning, we blockaded the entrance gates of the base while othersunfolded banners. While we started publishing our action online and approachingpress, hyped up KMar officials immediately came out and violently forced two ofour comrades out of one lockon by pulling on their arms and hitting, suffocating,and kicking them. Comrades who tried to get close where violently pushed away.The two were then arrested and brought to holding cells at the police base.All the more determined to go on with our action, we continued our blockade andlet the KMar know what we think about their work for many more hours. It is clearthat the military police is key to upholding oppression, exclusion and racism. Ifwe want to fight Frontex and the system it represents, we have to take action atthe centres of power. After a successful action, eight more comrades gotarrested. Everyone else moved to the near detention centre, which amongst otherthings is used to jail undocumented people, and did a quick noise demo to showsolidarity with the detained persons.The action put the spotlight on Frontex and the participation of The Netherlandsin its operations and training, including of its new own armed border policeforce, the Standing Border Guard Corps. It was part of an international actionday which saw over 40 actions in 13 countries in Europe and Africa demanding toAbolish Frontex and end the EU border regime. In the afternoon, at Dam Square inAmsterdam a few dozens of people demonstrated in support of the protestingRefugees in Libya. They collected signatures for a petition demanding the Dutchgovernment to evacuate these refugees from their unlivable situation in front ofthe UNHCR office in Tripoli and an end of the cooperation with Libya to stopmigration towards Europe.On Saturday night people did a noise protest at the police base to support thearrestees and show them that they were not alone. Between Saturday and Monday,all the arrestees got released.This will definitely not be our last action against Frontex, we only juststarted. We will continue our fight to Abolish Frontex and against borders andborder profiteers, for freedom of movement for everyone! No borders, no nations,stop deportations!For more info, check:https://stopthewaronmigrants.noblogs.org/https://www.facebook.com/stopthewaronmigrantshttps://www.instagram.com/stopthewaronmigrants/https://twitter.com/StpWrOnMigrantshttps://abolishfrontex.org/Pictures by Deeez and!Koekblik!https://www.vrijebond.org/blockade-border-security-training-centre-at-schiphol/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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