{"id":26008031,"date":"2016-05-17T12:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T09:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/meanwhile-people-still-dying-en\/"},"modified":"2016-05-17T12:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T09:16:13","slug":"meanwhile-people-still-dying-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/meanwhile-people-still-dying-en\/","title":{"rendered":"METAdrasi countersigns the call of the Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR) “Meanwhile, people are still dying”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meanwhile, people are still dying<\/strong>
\nRefugee and migrant communities call to all European citizens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We, people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, workers, parents, students, soon-to-be or already European citizens, are joining our voices to all those ashamed of how Europe is treating refugees and migrants. What\u2019s wrong? Is Europe so poor that it cannot provide a shelter to just 1.7% of the refugees and displaced in the world? There are 59.5 million forced migrants in the world, the overwhelming majority of whom don\u2019t ever get to Europe. Is Europe so scared that it cannot open legal ways for other migrants to come and go? Is it so difficult that the EU has to agree a deal with a country like Turkey, with such a low human rights record, to do what we should not do? Can we tell our children that while Western countries are giving lessons to the world about human rights and equality, the same countries allow children to be detained on European soil, sometimes without enough food, and no school, that people are to be deported to an uncertain future without being listened to, and all sorts of human rights are being violated in the name of migration \u201cmanagement\u201d, with the sole obsession of \u201creducing\u201d numbers?<\/p>\n

We, the people behind the numbers, are witnessing and experiencing everyday, almost everywhere in Europe, how these policies and aggressive discourses are affecting the lives of all of us. In Greece, we see families torn apart, often with one family member already in northern Europe and the others en route, now in danger of being deported back to Turkey. Little girls crying for their father whom they have not seen for months \u2013 and whom they will not meet again any time soon, if the plans of the EU to keep everyone out go ahead. We have seen suicide attempts in Idomeni, as parents find the suffering of their children unbearable. In Bulgaria, we have seen people who have been beaten up by the police, and a man who was shot last year. In Hungary, a 14 year old boy imprisoned with adults , for-who-knows-how-long, is terrified by the other detainees speaking about committing suicide. He has 10 minutes of internet access per day to speak to the outside world. In Germany, we see people fleeing a reception center attacked and set on fire. 300 centers have been attacked this year alone. In Sweden, we see parents desperate. The government has stopped allowing most separated refugee families to come together. They do not know when they will see their loved ones again, and what will happen to them in the meantime.<\/p>\n

Many of us, everywhere in Europe, are witnessing the rise of xenophobia and racism. We are afraid that one day we may not be safe in Europe anymore. We are raising our voices now to defend what we were taught to be European values: democracy, justice, tolerance, Human Rights and equality. We should not forget why people are coming to Europe. People come because they believed in our values. As citizens of Europe we should not only show solidarity but also consider our responsibilities for some of the turmoil in these countries and ask our leaders to promote peace.\u00a0 We would like to invite all citizens to react with us to stop inhumane policies towards refugees and migrants that will destroy the values so many Europeans and non-Europeans fought and are still fighting for!<\/p>\n

We urge European citizens regardless of their nationality to join us to protect the unity and understanding we have been building every day and for many years now. This is the strongest weapon against all forms of terror, be it political, religious or economic.<\/p>\n

Please continue to donate your time, heart and intelligence to protect humanity !<\/p>\n

Signatories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refugee and Migrant Organisations<\/strong>
\nAssocia\u00e7\u00e3o de Refugiados em Portugal
\nAfghan Academy International (UK)
\nAfghan Migrants & Refugees Community in Greece
\nAssociation of Nigerian Women in Greece
\nAssociation of Maghreb Arabi in Crete
\nAssociation of Arabic Community of Ampelokipi (Greece)
\nAssociation of Cameroonians of Greece
\nAssociation of Moroccan Community in Greece
\nAssociation of Russian Speakers and Russian Friends of Trikala Region (Greece)
\nCommunity of Ukrainians in Greece
\nCommunity of Bangladeshi people in Greece
\nCommunity of Cameroon in Greece
\nCommunity of Ghana in Greece
\nCongolese Community in Athens
\nEuropean Campaign for Human Rights for the people of Afghanistan\u00a0(UK)
\nEthiopian Community in Greece
\nFederation of Albanian Associations in Greece
\nGreek Forum of Refugees (Greece)
\nGreek Forum of Migrants (Greece)
\nGreek-Georgian\u00a0Union \u2013 Dioskouria
\nGreek-Indian\u00a0Cultural Association
\nGreek \u2013 Pakistani Association in Greece
\nGreek \u2013 Soudan Friendship Association
\nGreek-Moldavian\u00a0Association \u201cOrphev\u201d
\nHazra Council (Belgium)
\nKenyan Community of Greece
\nMigrant Voice (UK)
\nNigerian Community in Greece
\nOrganization of United Women of Africa (Greece)
\nSudanese Refugees\u00a0Association-Greece
\nSyrian Expatriates Association of Greece
\nSyrian Home in Greece
\nTabeldiya relief And Development Organisation (UK)
\nTanzanian Community of Greece
\nUnion of Egyptian Workers in Greece
\nUnion of Palestinian Workers in Greece
\nUnion of Sierra Leone in Greece
\nUnited African Women Organisation
\nWomen\u2019s Ivory Tower Association (WITA-UK)
\nZanzibar Community in Greece<\/p>\n

Supporters<\/strong>
\nAditus Foundation (Malta)
\nADRA-Humanitarian Organization (Slovenia)
\nAkkeri Refugee Support (Iceland)
\nAssociation of legal studies on Immigration (ASGI) (Italy)
\nAsylum Aid (UK)
\nAsylum Welcome (UK)
\nBelgrade Centre for Human Rights (Serbia)
\nBritish Refugee Council (UK)
\nBulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria)
\nCanal Refugiados (Spain)
\nChurches\u2019 Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME)
\nCroatian Law Centre (Croatia)
\nDutch Council for Refugees (the Netherlands)
\nEuropean Council on Refugees and Exiles \u2013 ECRE
\nFlemish Refugee Action (Belgium)
\nFuture Worlds Center (Cyprus)
\nGreek Council for Refugees
\nInitiative Welcome! (Croatia)
\nInstitute Circle (Slovenia)
\nIntegra Foundation (Malta)
\nInternational Association For Refugees (IAFR) (International)
\nJesuit Refugee Service Europe
\nLegal-informational centre for nongovernmental organisations \u2013 PIC (Slovenia)
\nMalta Emigrants\u2019 Commission (Malta)
\nMETAdrasi \u2013 Action for Migration and Development (Greece)
\nOVCA \u2013 Slovenia
\nPositive Awareness (UK)
\nPro Asyl (Germany)
\nRed Acoge (Spain)
\nRomanian National Council for Refugees (Romania)
\nScottish Refugee Council (UK)
\nSea-Watch (Germany)
\nSlovene Philanthropy
\nSociety for Human Rights and Supportive Action Humanitas (Slovenia)
\nSolentra (Belgium)
\nSOS Racismo Madrid (Spain)
\nStudent Action for Refugees (STAR) (UK)
\nThe Institute for African Studies (Slovenia)
\nThe Peace Institute (Slovenia)
\nThe People for Change Foundation (Malta)
\nVerein Projekt Integrationshaus (Austria)<\/p>\n

Individual Supporters<\/strong>
\nBertossi, Christophe, research fellow, centre for migration and citizenship, French institute of international relations (France)
\nBest, Keith, CEO of Survivors UK, former: CEO Immigration Advisory Service, CEO Freedom from Torture, Vice-Chair of ECRE, British MP.
\nFrade, Carlos (University of Salford, Manchester, UK)
\nTardis, Matthieu, research fellow, centre for migration and citizenship, French institute of international relations (France)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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