English translation (June 2019) of migreurop press release published on Nov. 14, 2004, with the original title Derrière le mot camp
In solidarity with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Democratic Rep. of the 14th New York District in the US House of Representatives, violently attacked for stating that detention centres for foreigners are concentration camps, yet never calling them extermination camps. In 2004, the Migreurop network has been similarly attacked when it used the word "camp" to designate the places where, in and around Europe, foreigners are locked up. We have decided to translate this text to affirm our solidarity with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and all those who, opposing the war on migrants, are prosecuted and often convicted and above all with migrants. Free movement for all!
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Trial of the ‘Moria 35’ – some initial first observations
First report from the hearings, which are taking place in Chios (Greece)
Friday 20th April – First day
Of the 35 defendants, 30 have been held in preventive detention since last July. They arrive in the courtroom handcuffed, two by two. Outside and inside, the police presence is impressive (about 40 armed policemen). In the courtroom, the defendants, mainly Africans, are located in the centre in rows. The atmosphere is tense.
Opposite the defendants, are the president, the two assessor (…)Opening of the « Moria 35 » trial on 20 April on Chios Island
Continuing its interest in the self-mobilization of exiles and protests in their camps, Migreurop is participating in international observations of the Moria trial in which 35 people are being prosecuted as a result of their protesting against the inhuman conditions of their detention. With its experience of observing legal processes, the Migreurop network, which favours the closure of all camps for foreigners, is present at this trial, which symbolizes the unjust migration policies adopted (…)
14 stages for the MBB Exhibition in Europe and beyond!
MBB is an educational, interactive and multimedia tool. Designed by the collective of artists Étrange Miroir and inaugurated in Brussels in 2015, it aims to share the knowledge accumulated by the Migreurop network over the last 10 years on obstacles, injustices and migrants’ rights violations in transit countries, at the borders of European Union and in Europe itself.
Created from the analyses and campaigns carried out by Migreurop (Open Access Now, Close the camps and Frontexit), the (…)Dead and missing at sea Information guide for families and their supporters
A publication by Boats4People
Boats 4 People published on the 12th of May 2017, during the Sabir Festival, an information guide for the families of migrants –and their supporters- who died or went missing while crossing Central Mediterranean sea on their way to Italy.
This guide is now available in Italian, English, French, Arabic and Tigrinya (see also attachments below).
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 2014, more than 12 000 people lost their lives in the Mediterranean (…)