"German Asylum Policy and its Deadly Consequences" (1993 bis 2009)

ANTIRASSISTISCHE INITIATIVE E.V.
Dokumentationsstelle
ari-berlin-dok@gmx.de – www.ari-berlin.org/doku/titel.htm

New release ! 17. Updated edition of the documentation Berlin, 17.3.2010
"German Asylum Policy and its Deadly Consequences" (1993 bis 2009)
The documentation shows in more than 5000 single incidents the consequences of governmental and social racism -
consequences for people who came to the Federal Republic of Germany searching for protection and security, but were
harmed physically as a result of its racist special laws and the racism in German society.
The many cases documented clearly show the level of violence used by governmental agencies, courts, police, medical
personal and others to implement laws concerning refugees, as well as the degree of arbitrariness and disrespect for human
dignity with which refugees are tormented, harassed and often driven to suicide or harming themselves. Blackmail,
harassment and fraud but also clan liability, family separations or the imprisonment of minors are some of the measures used
by the state and its compliant employees to force refugees into “voluntary” departures.
The effects are devastating. Spending years with one’s life being put on hold (forced to live in refugee camps, not
allowed to work, being obliged by law to stay in a certain district), without any prospects for the future and existential fear
result in grave traumatization of the refugees and their families. And when people are simply too sick to be deported and no
decent physician, who would announce them fit to travel, can be found, the authorities hire “fit-to-fly” doctors. In exchange
for a bounty, critically ill patients are cleared for deportation by such medics – in spite of all other expertise saying the
opposite. The borders to malicious injury are crossed in this procedure and people receive injections until they constitute no
more “disturbance”. Other physicians appear at the hospital bed with police at their side and give the order to let patients be
carried away.
Even people who after years finally get their right to residency granted, still do not get a chance to find peace of mind and
develop a perspective for their lives. After no more than three years, the federal office of migration and refugees reviews the
decision in so called rescission procedures and can revoke it. Many people lose their residence status in this process and are
once more threatened with deportation. While between 2003 and 2009 residency (asylum) was granted in only 38.255 cases,
62.385 acknowledged refugees got their status revoked in the same time. Thousands and thousands of people who have their
status revoked in these rescission procedures have to start from “zero” again – not only legally but also psychologically.
The documentation covers the period from 1.1.1993 to 31.12.2009.
175 refugees died on their way to the Federal Republic of Germany or at its borders,
131 of them died at the German Eastern border,
507 refugees suffered injuries crossing the borders, 299 of them at the German Eastern border,
154 refugees killed themselves in the face of their impending deportation or died trying to escape from
deportation, 59 of them while in custody pending deportation,
858 refugees injured themselves out of fear of deportation, in protest against the impending deportation (risk
hunger strikes) or tried to commit suicide, 509 of them in custody pending deportation,
5 refugees died during deportation and
384 refugees were injured by compulsory measures or mistreatment during their deportation,
31 refugees died in their country of origin after their deportation, and
488 refugees were mistreated and tortured by the police or military in their country of origin
or were at the risk of their lives due to severe illnesses,
73 refugees disappeared without a trace after their deportations,
14 refugees died during police assignments independent from deportation
427 were injured by the police or custody staff, 138 of them during arrest,
67 refugees were killed in fires or other attacks on refugee accommodation centres
786 refugees were injured, in part severely,
15 refugees died through racist attacks on the street and 767 people were injured.
Since 1993 at least 378 refugees have died as a result of measures taken by the German Federal Republic –
82 people died through racist attacks and arsons on refugee accommodations.
The documentation contains two books. Both books are available for 18 € plus 3.20 € for shipping & packing.
Book I (1993 – 2002) 10 € for 260 pages – Book II (2003 – 2009) 10 € for 260 pages - plus 1,60 € each for shipping & packing.
The CD-ROM is available for 18 € plus 1.60 € for shipping & handling.
Both books and the CD-ROM are available for 32 € plus 3.20 € for shipping & handling.
The 16th edition currently available online: www.ari-berlin.org/doku/titel.htm

stop deportation of Amanullah from London to Kabul

Mr. Christoph Von Saldern, Managing Director
Hamburg International Airlines, Falkenbergpark, Paradiesstraße 206b, D-12526 Berlin/Schönefeld
Head Office Fax: 00 4940 5005 0111, E-Mail: contact@hamburg-international.de

Amanullah Muradi Home Office nr. M 1179902 on Tuesday 15^th June 22:00 flight PVT008 London Kabul/Afghanistan.

I am writing to you with regards to Amanullah Muradi, Home Office Reference number M1179902, who is due to be removed on Tuesday 15^th June, on the charter flight from London-Kabul. Amanullah Muradi is a 22 year old Afghani who is in Oakington detention centre awaiting deportation to Afghanistan coming Tuesday.

Amanullah has been told it is safe to return him to Afghanistan. This appears in direct contradiction to the fact that 20,000 additional US troops have been sent there over the last 6 months and the strategy of "clear, hold and build" in contested areas of the Pashtun southern and eastern parts of the country is not working out as planned.
Amanullah fled Afghanistan after his affair with a commander's wife was noticed. She was the commander's third wife and quite young, 18 years. Amanullah was also young (under aged) and naive. In Afghanistan it is a crime to have a sexual affair outside marriage and the consequences can be physical punishment, life imprisonment or death. After the commander found out about the affair, he killed his wife and started to hunt down Amanullah. The commander was and still is powerful and he will kill Amanullah.

Afghanistan second weakest state in the world
According to Washington-based Brookings Institution and the Centre for Global Development, Afghanistan is rated the second weakest state in the world, lacking the capacity to establish and maintain political institutions, secure their population from violent conflict, control their territories and meet the basic needs of their population (see below for details).

Amnesty International 2009 human rights report on Afghanistan.
Many regional officials and militia commanders continued to perpetrate human rights violations with impunity.

Death penalty: retentionist, Life expectancy: 42.9 years

Millions of people living in southern and eastern Afghanistan, terrorized by the Taliban, other insurgent groups and local militias ostensibly allied with the government, suffered insecurity that further restricted their already limited access to food, health care, and schooling. Indiscriminate attacks, abductions and the targeting of civilians reached unprecedented levels. The Taliban and other anti-government groups significantly expanded their attacks to cover more than a third of the country, including areas once considered relatively safe in the centre and the north. Increased military attacks between anti-government groups and US and NATO troops resulted in more than 2,000 civilian deaths. The government failed to maintain the rule of law or to provide basic services to millions of people even in areas under its control.

Justice system
Judicial and security sectors lacked the personnel, infrastructure, and political will to protect and promote human rights.
Impunity
Even in areas of the country under government control, impunity prevailed at all levels of administration. No effective accountability mechanism had been established and only a handful of those responsible for serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law during three decades of conflict have been brought to justice, mostly in other states under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Many regional officials and militia commanders continued to perpetrate human rights violations with impunity.

I am deeply shocked that a reputable airline would carry passengers against their will in the manner that you have done in the past and I urge you not to carry out any more of these flights, please cancel the flight for Tuesday 15^th of June. ‘Ethnic charter flights’ are seriously harming the reputation of Hamburg International Airlines.

The Home Office is disputing Amanullah's history, they simply refuse to believe a younger guy could have a sexual affair. When Amanullah arrived in the UK it was accepted he was under aged, but his rights as a 16 year old were completely denied. It is totally unacceptable to deport him to Afghanistan where he has no family, since his whole family had to flee to Iran. He has nowhere to go to, no money and a commander who will hunt him down. To send Amanullah back to Afghanistan could be a death sentence. His life will be in serious danger, if he is returned.
Amanullah arrived in the UK in 2003 and has many friends. He has lived in the UK for 7.5 years under limited conditions, but he managed to attend English classes, and is an active member of the community. Many people are writing to his MP in support of him. His solicitor is organising a Judicial Review. We demand that Amanullah is allowed to stay until his case is properly reviewed.

Yours Sincerely,

Name: Address: City: Postcode:

Country: Email:

Rt Hon Theresa May MP

House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5206
Fax: 020 7219 1145

Dear Home Secretary,

I am writing to you with regards to Amanullah Muradi Home Office Reference number M1179902, who is due to be removed on Tuesday 15^st June, on the charter flight from London-Kabul. Amanullah is a 22 year old Afghani from Hazara ethnicity who is in the Oakington detention centre awaiting deportation to Afghanistan coming Tuesday.

Amanullah has been told it is safe to return him to Afghanistan. This appears in direct contradiction to the fact that 20,000 additional US troops have been sent there over the last 6 months and the strategy of "clear, hold and build" in contested areas of the Pashtun southern and eastern parts of the country is not working out as planned.

Amanullah and his family suffered a lot because of their Hazara ethnicity and Shia faith, especially by the Taliban. Two brother's of Amanullah were killed by a road side bomb in Kandahar, this was just after the West declared war on the Taliban in 2001. Amanullah was pushed by his father to revenge his brother's deaths. A thing Amanullah did not want to do.

Amanullah fled Afghanistan in October 2002 after his affair with a commander's wife was noticed. She was the commander's third wife and quite young, 18 years. Amanullah was also young (under aged) and naive. In Afghanistan it is a crime to have a sexual affair outside marriage and the consequences can be physical punishment, life imprisonment or death. After the commander found out about the affair, he killed his wife and started to hunt down Amanullah.

The Home Office is disputing Amanullah's history, they simply refuse to believe a younger guy could have a sexual affair. When Amanullah arrived and claimed asylum in the UK in 2003 it was accepted he was under aged, but his rights as a 16 year old were denied.

He has lived in the UK for 7.5 years under limited conditions, but he managed to attend English classes, he has made many friends and is an active member of the community. Amanullah's life will be in danger when send back to Afghanistan, also he his whole family had to flee Afghanistan and he has literally nowhere to go.

His solicitor is organising a Judicial Review. We ask that Amanullah is given the opportunity to stay until his case is properly reviewed.

Yours sincerely,

Name:

Address:

City: Postcode: Country:

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Karawane Festival in Jena Germany. Fight for Freedom of Movement!

Break isolation! Residenzpflicht abschaffen! Fight for Freedom of Movement!


konzert of holger burner and irie revoltes














the names of the people who died trying to cross the european borders are caried through the town

a symbolik march in memory of all the unknown deads in the european borders

the opening ceremony in memory of the deads at the european borders
migrants reading with big interest the stories from the noborder camp in Lesvos 09
the welcoming info point in Jena
migrants from the neighborhud of Jena visit the Excibition at the Theater platz.
Saids excibition CLANDESTIN,about the troubles migrants who try to enter europe meet.
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Jena: Karawane People Are Fighters!

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from:http://antifavelbert.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/jena-karawane-people-are-fighters/

Gestern endete mit einer großen Tanzparade das Jena-er „Karawane Festival für die Toten der Festung Europa“... Seit Freitag wurde die Innenstadt der Thüringer Studentenstadt durch politische Aktivisten, entrechtete Einwanderer und sich solidarisch zeigender, interessierte Mitbürger bevölkert. Mit einer Gedenkdemonstration am Freitag Mittag startete das Festival in seine „heiße Phase“ – bei den Temperaturen von 30 Grad im Schatten symbolisch als auch wörtlich gemeint. An dieser Gedenkdemonstration, die vom Pulverturm zum Theaterhaus über den Holzmarkt führte und bei der am Theater ein Monument zur Erinnerung an die Opfer der Festung Europa errrichtet wurde, nahmen bereits an die 500 Menschen teil, die nahezu schweigend bei sphärischen Klängen an all die Tausenden Menschen gedachten, die dank rassistischer Sondergesetze, EU-Repression und faschistischer Gewalt den Tod fanden. Weltmusikkünstler aus verschiedensten afrikanischen Staaten, Klezmer-Musiker, politische Hiphopper und Reggae-Musiker die sich in deutschen Flüchtlingsheimen zusammenfanden, spielten auf den diversen Bühnen und umrahmten politische Diskussionsrunden, Theaterstücke und Infostände. An DIY-Tischen wurde dazu animiert, sich gegen Spende Fair Traide-T-Shirts, -Stofftaschen oder andere Textilien zu bedrucken, sich seine eigenen Andenken sprayen oder Buttons pressen zu lassen. Jeder Cent, jeder Schein eine Spende für die Karawane. Ein Festival wie dieses wird ein Schweinegeld gekostet haben, also hoffen wir, daß möglichst viele Besucher sich solidarisch zeigten und ihr Geld lieber in tolle Projekte wie die Karawane als an die gleichzeitig stattfindende Kirmes investiert haben. Am Samstag fand mit der Maskenparade, deren wichtigster Teil 2 afrikanische originale Totenmasken – eine uralte Tradition zur Ehrung der Verstorbenen – die Demonstration anführte. Bei bestem Wetter und begleitet von zahlreichen Transparenten und Parolen, die die Abschaffung der Residenzpflicht, das dauerhafte Bleiberecht für alle Menschen, die Schließung sämtlicher Lager forderten oder einfach rassistisches Verhalten des Staates anprangerten, nahmen hier an die 1500 bis 2000 Menschen teil. Im Permanentkino an der Uni sowie am Theaterplatz wurden fortwährend politische Doku-Filme gezeigt, verschiedenste Gruppen präsentierten Theaterstücke, so z.B. ein non-verbales Stück der Gruppe „Break the Silence – Oury Jalloh“ oder zur EU-Grenzproblematik. Seinen Höhepunkt erreichte das Festival am Samstag Abend als zuerst Holger Burner (Polit-Rap) sowie Irie Revoltes (Reggae-Ska-Dancehall aus Heidelberg), welche am Pulverturm vor sicherlich 2000 Zuschauern auftraten. Doch mit dem Besuch von Konzerten und dem dortigen Parolengerufe ist es noch lange nicht getan. Erst wenn wir das, was wir rufen, auch im Alltag leben, wenn wir uns für bedingungslose Solidarität einsetzen, können wir die Ketten, die uns fesseln, durchbrechen.

Everywhere you go, you can hear them sing:
Karawane people they are fighters!

Lesvos Solidarity Network-

Solidarity Message

The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing
(Albert Einstein)


Living on the border line, we daily witness the state’s repression. Fortress Europe is organized -on the consensus of the Greek governments- facing the victims of its actions as a threat. Refugees are either the victims of the conflicts left behind by the colonialization, or the victims of the neocolonial politics of the West World. Once arriving here, refugees have to face the repression on the borders living behind thousands of deaths, detention centers, unexisting asylum systems and massive deportations. Samos’ island recent example, clearly demonstrates the policies chosen by the European governments. In these detention centers people are categorized in “deportables” and “not deportables” by FRONTEX. Afterwards they are transferred at the detention centers in the Greek-Turkish borders, in the region of Evros, where we lose any contact with them. The emotional statements such as “Dante’s Inferno” (Vice Minister’s statement after visiting Pagani’s detention center, Lesvos island, October 2009) are meaningless when followed by repression and exclusion policies.
In this context of “economic recession”, we watch with terror the European governments trying to preserve the neoliberal model by any means. We witness with terror the strengthening of organized racism and its facist branches as an alternative to the neoliberal globalization. We have already experienced this solution in the past. We react now. We either exclude racism now, or we’ll confront with it in the future. It’s a matter that concerns all of us.

The victims of the neoliberal capitalism won’t pay its crisis.

We express our dynamic presence against social injustice.
Abolish FRONTEX and the Dublin II Regulation.
We will fight against any effort of enforcement of repression.


Lesvos Solidarity Network
April 2010

Welcome to Europe Network in April 2010

NO BORDER LASTS FOREVER!

5 years Frontex – 5 Years 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.

Undermining the European Border regime! No one is illegal!

Inside and outside Europe, refugees and migrants move from one country to another one, looking for a better future and a secure life, refusing the forced order of capitalist exploitation and modern apartheid. Movements of flight and migration challenge the system of global injustice and undermine its racist hierarchies and differentials.

Regulation of migration and the systematic denial of rights go against the demand for equality, justice and freedom. All human beings have the right to decide on their own where and how they want to live, regardless of their origins or their identities.

WELCOME TO EUROPE!

We are calling to oppose and to resist all forms of migration control.

We are calling for support on entry and access.

We are calling for help in the continuation of migrants' journeys into and through Europe.

We are calling for provision of work and to support migrant workers' struggles.

We are calling for the supply of identity papers, medical care, education and training, of accommodation.

Because no one is illegal.

Reclaiming global social rights for everybody the Welcome-to-Europe-Network supports the daily struggles of migrants and refugees against the European border regime on their way to and through Europe. (see www.w2eu.info)

5 years later we call and mobilize for a summer of events, visualizing the close link between the Frontex operations of today and the death on the EU borders, symbolized in the dying at the fences of Ceuta and Melilla.

5 years later we call to interconnect a series of actions. We begin in may in Warsaw, where the Frontex headquarters are located and an „European day of Boarder Guards“ will be officially celebrated and we finish the chain of actions in October in Melilla in remembrance of the 5th anniversary of the border-killings from 2005:

-- Join the conference and protest in Warsaw on the 23rd and 24th of May, when Frontex cynically celebrates its 5th anniversary with amongst others an exhibition “Surveillance Technology for Border Control”, see more soon at www.noborder.org

-- Join the week of actions against the deportation machinery from 1st to 6th of June, a week of decentralized protests against charter deportations and Frontex, see http://stopdeportation.net/node/41

-- Join the Caravan-Festival in Jena from 4th to 6th of June: „Unite against colonial injustice in memory of the dead victims of Fortress Europe“, see www.karawane-festival.org

-- Join the European Social Forum in Istanbul from 1st to 4th of July with workshops and protests against Frontex and the externalisation of the EU-border regime, see more soon at www.noborder.org

-- Join the swarming noborder activities in Greece from 25th of August until 12th of September 2010, where the biggest sea-operation of Frontex is announced and also their involvement in new screening-centers and in coordinating charter deportations on the islands of Lesvos and Samos, see http://lesvos09.antira.info

-- Join the nobordercamp in Brussels from 24h of September to 3rd of October with actions against the EU-migration-regime in the decision-making-center of EU, see http://nobordersbxl.noblogs.org

-- Join the remembrance in Melilla in the days before the 7th of October in Melilla, with a conference in Oujda, see more soon at www.noborder.org

Welcome to Europe Network in April 2010

WARNING TO TRAVELLERS STRANDED IN CALAIS

WARNING TO TRAVELLERS STRANDED IN CALAIS


As you are undoubtably aware, safety concerns surrounding the ash plume
from the Icelandic volcano has led to an extenstive disruption to
European flight services.

Large numbers of travellers are currently stranded in Calais desiring to
cross the channel by both ferry and eurotunnel. This, of course, has
been widely reported. However, what is little known, is the response of
the French government, Calais administration, and police to the
situation. Reports have been made of increasing police harrassment of
travellers who have become stranded in Calais.

- If you are unable to provide your ID upon request this may lead to
temporary detention whilst your identity is ascertained. (Do not
leave your passport in your hotel room)

- If you have been unable to find accomodation, be careful camping
around Calais. People who have pitched tents in the dunes and on the
beach have been repeatedly harrassed. In some cases, their tents,
sleeping bags and other property have been taken and/or destroyed and
their drinking water poured into the sand. There have also been
reports of violent behaviour during these police operations. (We
suggest you find as secret a place to camp as possible)

- Police are currently undertaking regular patrols of parks, beaches,
dunes, disused car parks, and the town centre looking for people who
are camping or are parked.

- Three young students who allowed a lone scared & stranded woman to
sleep with them in their van overnight were arrested by police. They
were held for fourteen hours in solitary confinement before being
released without charge.

- As many travellers are on a shoestring budget and have been
unexpectedly stranded, local charities have begun to distribute food
twice a day. However, some travellers have reported that police
presence leads them to fear attending the food distribution point.

This leaflet was produced to draw attention to the current situation in
Calais and the extreme response by the police and government agencies.

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Footballgame from minor refugees in ANOGIA Crete

they build walls-we build bridges of solidarity.

the footbal team MIKTIKOSMOU (mixedworld) ahd an impressive presence last sunday in Anogia.
the footbal game was played to honour the refugees in the detention center of SAMOS being in hungestrike.

ΓΛΥΚΙΑ ΗΤΤΑ ΣΤΑ ΑΝΩΓΕΙΑ

ΜΕΓΑΛΕΙΩΔΗΣ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΜΙΚΤΗΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ

Μεγαλειώδη εμφάνιση πραγματοποίησε η ομάδα μας MIKTIKOSMOU την περασμένη Κυριακή στα Ανώγεια. Κόντρα στη δυναμική, ταχύτατη, νεανική ομάδα των ασυνόδευτων παιδιών, ανήλικων προσφύγων από το Αφγανιστάν, κόντρα στο υψόμετρο που επέδρασε καθοριστικά στις κινήσεις των παικτών μας και στον καυτό ήλιο, η ομάδα κατάφερε να ηττηθεί με το τιμητικό 4–2 που δίνει δυνατότητες πρόκρισης στον επαναληπτικό αγώνα και υποσχέσεις για το μέλλον.

Σε κάθε περίπτωση κερδίσαμε σε αγάπη και εκτίμηση και μας δόθηκε η ευκαιρία να εκφράσουμε ανάλογα αισθήματα.

Η ΥΠΟΔΟΧΗ ΚΑΙ Η ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΙΑ των παιδιών και των εργαζόμενων στον ξενώνα, ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗ. Η συνάντησή μας μετά την απονομή, ΔΥΝΑΤΗ και ΕΓΚΑΡΔΙΑ. Τα τραγούδια και οι χοροί δώσαν και πήραν.

Το ραντεβού που κλείστηκε για την παρουσία των παιδιών στο Φεστιβάλ, ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΟ.

Ο ποδοσφαιρικός αγώνας αφιερώνεται στους απεργούς πείνας

του κέντρου κράτησης μεταναστών της Σάμου

ΧΩΡΑ ΜΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΛΟΣ Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΣ, ΛΑΟΣ ΜΟΥ ΤΟ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΟ ΕΙΔΟΣ

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