Hundreds of groups and organizations worldwide sign multilingual Statement demanding peace, fundamental rights and freedoms of every person on the move.
Originally published by Cross Solidarity.
Five years after the so-called “refugee crisis” and almost four years after the EU-Turkey deal, we are once again witnessing the violence caused by security-centred migration policies. Since last Thursday (27.02.2020), thousands of people have been moving towards the Turkey-Greece border following the announcement that migrants wanting to reach Europe will no longer be stopped on the Turkish side. The announcement from Turkish government officials came after the death of 33 Turkish soldiers in the Idlib area, where conflict escalation has seen the civilian death toll rapidly increase by the day, with basic infrastructure and health facilities being blatantly fired at. Turkish government keeps its borders with Syria closed while seeing no harm in pushing thousands of migrants towards the doors of Europe, into a limbo.
Migrants and asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and several African countries have been reaching the border-crossing areas of Edirne, Çanakkale, and İzmir; some were brought there by buses of municipalities, some arrived by private taxis, or walking. In the Edirne area, they have been allowed to proceed to the border zone by the Turkish authorities, but Greek police forces prevented them from passing with gas and sound-lighting bombs. At the same time, Turkish authorities restricted the access of journalists and reporters. Those stuck in the grey zone between the two states under heavy rain and with scant food supplies have been shouting for the opening of the borders. Some of those who reach the land border were told by the authorities to cross by sea despite hazardous weather conditions.
In Greece, the scenario is also worsening. The government has recently passed a new stricter and even more inhumane law on asylum entailing detention upon arrival to the Greek territory for all new asylum seekers. In the past days, local communities on the islands of Chios and Lesbos have been clashing with riot-police in opposition to the establishment of new detention facilities. Under the burden of the so-called “refugee crisis” since the EU-Turkey deal, they have been protesting against the deterioration of their own living conditions and of the living conditions of those seeking asylum there. However, xenophobia and racism have never stopped infesting the public discourse. In reaction to the latest events, Greek government officials have been fuelling hatred and fear by spreading the myth of an invasion by “illegals” at the behest of its neighbouring country.
Xenophobia, racism and their normalisation must be opposed everywhere they surface, be it in Turkey, Greece and anywhere else. The instrumentalization of the lives of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees reduced to a threat and a bargaining chip must end, both in domestic electoral campaigns and in the relations between the Turkish government and the EU. The security policies that push thousands of already displaced people into a limbo and the border regimes that cause the endless cycle of violence against them must cease. What we demand are peace, fundamental rights and freedoms of every person on the move.
Borders are killing, open the borders!
Stop the war on refugees & migrants!
Transnational solidarity against racism and war!
For a free world without borders, exploitation, and exile.
List of signatories (March 3, 08:27am CET)
| Steps | Steps | |
| Love Without Borders-For Refugees in Need | Love Without Borders-For Refugees in Need | |
| SOS Racismo | SOS Racism | |
| Αναρχοσυνδικαλιστικη Πρωτοβουλία Ροσιναντε | Anarchosyndicalistic Initiative Rocinante | |
| HarekAct | ||
| BOEM* Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Kultur, Wissenschaft und Kommunikation | BOEM* Association for Art, Culture, Science and Communication | |
| 1969 | Catch a smile Luxembourg | |
| ALA (Asociación Libre de Abogadas y Abogados) | ALA | |
| Advocates Abroad | Advocates Abroad | |
| borderline-europe – Menschenrechte ohne Grenzen | borderline-europe – Human rights without borders | |
| Birlikte Yaşamak İstiyoruz İnisiyatifi | We Want to Live Together Initiative | |
| Hope Cafe Refugee Soul Food . | Feeding Hope International | |
| Δίκτυο για τα Πολιτικά και Κοινωνικά Δικαιώματα | Network for Political and Social Rights | |
| Bordermonitoring Bulgaria | ||
| eipcp – European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies, Wien | eipcp – European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies, Vienna | |
| You can`t evict Solidarity | You can`t evict Solidarity | |
| SAP – Gauche anticapitaliste (Belgium) | Current for an Anticapitalist Project – Anticapitalist Left | |
| Birlikte Yaşamak İstiyoruz İnisiyatifi | We Want to Live Together Initiative | |
| Πρωτοβουλία: Το Σπίτι των Γυναικών, για την Ενδυνάμωση & τη Χειραφέτηση | Initiative: The House of Women for Empowerment & Emancipation | |
| εφημερίδα “Η Κόκκινη” | “The Red Journal” | |
| Precarity office Vienna | Precarity office Vienna | |
| Cars of Hope | Cars of Hope collective (Germany) | |
| Πρωτοβουλία Αλληλεγγύης Λαμιας | Protovoulia allilegiis Lamias | |
| Day of the Endangered lawyer foundation | Day of the Endangered lawyer foundation | |
| Liga voor de Rechten van de Mens | Dutch League for Human Rights | |
| GÖÇMEN YARDIMLAŞMA VE DAYANIŞMA DERNEĞİ | ASEM (ASSOCIATION OF MUTUELAID AND SOLIDARITY FOR MIGRANTS | |
| Lesvos Lgbtiq+ Refugee Solidarity | ||
| Sosyalist Demokrasi için Yeniyol | ||
| Ανεξάρτητη Πρωτοβουλία Νάουσας | ||
| Aριστερή Ενότητα – ΑΡ.ΕΝ | Aristeri Enotita – AR.EN | |
| Göçmen Dayanışma Ağı/Ankara | Migrant Solidarity Network/Ankara | |
| Infokolpa, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Infokolpa, Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
| Halkların demokratik partisi | Peoples ‘ Democratic Party | |
| Κίνηση “Απελάστε τον Ρατσισμό” – ΚΑΡ | “Deport Racism” Organization | |
| Διεθνιστική Εργατική Αριστερά | Internationalist Workers Left | |
| Κιουρί-at Θεσσαλονίκης | Kiouri-at Thessaloniki | |
| Collectif de soutien de lpEHESS aux sans papiers et aux migrant-es (LDH) | Organization of help to the illegal immigrants (EHESS, Paris (LDH)) | |
| Frauen in Aktion Göttingen | Women in Action Göttingen | |
| Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği | Progressive Lawyers Association | |
| ΚΙΝΗΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΑ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΑ -ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ ΣΑΜΟΣ | MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SOLIDARITY IN REFUGEES SAMOS | |
| Bordermonitoring.eu | ||
| Ospiti in Arrivo onlus | ||
| Halklar Arası Dayanışma Köprüsü Derneği | Halkların Köprüsü Derneği | |
| Agenzia stampa internazionale Pressenza | Pressenza International Press Agency | |
| Επιτροπή Στήριξης Προσφύγων Λαυρίου | ||
| Legal Centre Lesvos | Legal Centre Lesvos | |
| Tevgera Jinên Azad | free Women’s Movement | |
| Ankara Infoshop- Tezgâh | Ankara Infoshop-Tezgah | |
| сп. dВЕРСИЯ | dVERSIA magazine | |
| Περιοδικό “4” – ΤΠΤ | Magazine “4” [TPT = 4th International Programmatic Tendency] – Greece | |
| Inicijativa Dobrodošli | Welcome! Initiative | |
| CPT-Aegean Migrant Solidarity | ||
| Medya ve Göç Atölyesi | Media and Migration Association | |
| Ελεύθερος Κοινωνικός Χώρος “Αλιμούρα” | Free Social Space “Alimoura” | |
| Χειρονομία – Αντιεξουσιαστική Κίνηση | Xeironomia – Antiauthoritarian Movement | |
| Hor 29 Novembar – Verein für Kunst und Kultur | Choir 29th of November – Association for Art and Culture | |
| Κοινωνικό Στέκι, Στέκι Μεταναστών Χανίων | Sοcial Center / Migrants’ Place in Chania | |
| medico international | medico international | |
| LDH-EHESS | ||
| Rosa Antifa Wien | Pink Antifa Vienna | |
| Stichting MiGreat | MiGreat | |
| Push-Back Map Collective | pushbackmap.org | |
| UnionWatch | UnionWatch | |
| Δίκτυο Κοινωνικής Υποστήριξης Μεταναστών και Προσφύγων | Migrants and Refugees Support Network | |
| Act Up – Paris | Act Up – Paris | |
| YaBasta Bologna | YaBasta Bologna | |
| «Οδυσσέας» – Σχολείο Αλληλεγγύης | “Odysseas” Solidarity School | |
| ομάδα Sylvia Rivera – για ένα κινηματικό Thessaloniki Pride | lgbtqia+ group Sylvia Rivera | |
| Friedrichshain bleibt – Autonomes Projekt in Berlin | Friedrichshain stays – Autonomous project in Berlin | |
| Aντιεξουσιαστική Κίνηση Κομοτηνής | Antiauthoritarian Movement Komotini | |
| Mare Liberum e.V. | Mare Liberum e.V. | |
| GAR Göç Araştırmaları Derneği | Association for Migration Research (GAR) | |
| Grupa neovisnih volontera iz BiH | Independent volunteers from Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Kritnet – Netzwerk für kritische Migrations- und Grenzregime Forschung | Network for Critical Migration an Border Regime Studies kritnet | |
| Deportation Monitoring Aegean.bordermonitoring.eu | Deportation Monitoring Aegean.bordermonitoring.eu | |
| dВЕРСИЯ | dVERSIA | |
| Tarlabaşı Toplum Merkezi | Tarlabaşı Community Center | |
| Си Ви Ес -България | CVS -Bulgaria | |
| Özgürlük İçin Hukukçular Derneği | Lawyers association for freedom | |
| You can’t evict Solidarity | You can’t evict Solidarity | |
| Jer me se tiče, Bosna i Hercegovina | Because I Care, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Feministički antimilitaristički kolektiv | Feminist Antimilitarist Collective | |
| حركة مناهضة العنصرية | Anti Racism Movement Lebanon | |
| Toplumsal Dayanışma İçin Psikologlar Derneği | Association of Psychologists for Social Solidarity | |
| Partido Comunista de España – Secretaria de migraciones | Communist Party of Spain – Secretary of Migration | |
| Anti Deportation Ireland | Anti Deportation Ireland | |
| Cork Anti Racism Network, Ireland. | Cork Anti Racism Network, Ireland. | |
| Cork Says No to Racism, Ireland | Cork Says No to Racism, Ireland | |
| “I’m interested in Migration” group | “I’m interested in Migration” group | |
| Demokratik Alevi Dernekleri | ||
| Фабрика Автономия | Fabrika Avtonomia | |
| #REF! | #REF! | |
| Halkların Demokratik Kongresi Göç ve Mülteciler Meclisi | Peoples’ Democratic Congress Migration and Refugees Assembly | |
| Refugees Welcome Portugal | Refugees Welcome Portugal | |
| Özgürlük İçin Hukukçular Derneği | Association Of Lawyers For Freedom | |
| Universiteit Leiden | Leiden University | |
| Migreurop | Migreurop | |
| Συνάντηση για μια Αντικαπιταλιστική Διεθνιστική Αριστερά | Encounter for an Anti-capitalistic Internationalist Left | |
| Αντιρατσιστική Πρωτοβουλία Θεσσαλονίκης | Antiracist Initiative of Thessaloniki | |
| IUVENTA 10 | ||
| asylkoordination österreich, Verein Integrationshaus, Plattform Asyl für Menschenrechte | ||
| Žene u crnom | Women in Black | |
| FİSA Çocuk Hakları Merkezi | FİSA Children Rights Center | |
| Khora Community Centre, Athens | Khora Community Centre, Athens | |
| ActivaT Abogados | ActivaT lawyers | |
| Συλλογικότητα RADical Pride | RADical Pride | |
| PLATAFORMA SOMOS MIGRANTES DE SEVILLA | ||
| Olgher Santodomingo Guarin | ||
| Osservatorio Solidarietà – Carta di Milano | Solidarity Observatory | |
| المنتدى التونسي للحقوق الاقتصادية والاجتماعية | Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights FTDES | |
| Izquierda latinoamericana en Madrd | Latin American left in Madrid | |
| Comité si a la paz de Colombia | committee yes to the peace of colombia in madrid | |
| Comité de zona – PCC estado español | PCC zone committee Spanish state | |
| Hayvan Hakları İzleme Komitesi (HAKİM) | Animal Rights Watch Committee (HAKİM) | |
| Μor dayanışma | Purple solidarity | |
| Μano Aperta | Mano Aperta | |
| Kaos GL Derneği | Kaos GL Association | |
| İnsan Hakları Derneği Çanakkale Şubesi | Human Rights Association Çanakkale Office | |
| No Name Kitchen | ||
| Feykom | Feykom | |
| Kulturzentrum im Amerlinghaus | Cultural Centre Amerlinghaus | |
| 350.org | 350.org | |
| Mid Wales Refugee Action | Mid Wales Refugee Action | |
| Emek ve Adalet Platformu | Labour and Justice Coalition | |
| Avocates Européens Démocrates (AED) | European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) | |
| Atmos Collective | ||
| Galway Anti Racism Network | ||
| SAP Grenzeloos Nederland | SAP Grenzeloos Netherlands | |
| Flüchtlingsrat Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. | Refugee Council Saxony-Anhalt | |
| ASNUCI (Asociación de Nuevos Ciudadanos por la Interculturalidad) | ||
| AK Asyl Göttingen (Germany) | ||
| Στέκι Μεταναστών Αθήνας | Migrants Social Center Athens | |
| Ardıç Dayanışma Derneği | Ardıç Solidarity Association | |
| Action for Women | Action for Women | |
| Mujeres Supervivientes de violencias de genero, | ||
| ASOCIACIÓN JAÉN ACOGE | ASOCIACIÓN JAÉN ACOGE | |
| Khora | ||
| Mediterranea Saving Humans | Mediterranea Saving Humans | |
| Πρωτοβουλία Ηρακλείου για τους Πρόσφυγες/Μετανάστες | Initiative for refugees/migrants Heraklion Crete | |
| Infomigrante – Esc Atelier | Infomigrante – Esc Atelier | |
| Fairness Asyl/ Österreich http://www.fairness-asyl.at | Fairness Asyl/Austria http://www.fairness-asyl | |
| Başlangıç Kolektifi | Başlangıç Collective | |
| Αλληλεγγύη Κως | Kos Solidarity | |
| Freundeskreis Asyl Rheinfelden | Circle of Friends of Asylum Rheinfelden | |
| Linköping university | ||
| Emek ve Adalet Platformu | Emek ve Adalet Platformu | |
| U DOBROJ VJERI | IN BONA FIDE | |
| Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Sosyal Hizmet Kulübü | Bogazici University Social Services Club | |
| Saving Humans USA | Saving Humans USA | |
| #REF! | #REF! | |
| The Hope Project | ||
| Χιακή Συμπολιτεία | Chiaki Simpolitia – Chios, Greece | |
| Aid Brigade | Aid Brigade | |
| Refugee Assembly Brandenburg | Refugee Assembly Brandenburg | |
| Misplaced Women? | Misplaced Women? | |
| Independent, previous volunteer R4R and Drop in the ocean | Independent, previous volunteer R4R and Drop in the ocean | |
| people4people e.V. Frankfurt | people4people e.V. Frankfurt | |
| Human Aid Collective e.V | Human Aid Collective e.V | |
| Διεθνιστική αλληλεγγύη ενάντια στον ρατσισμό και τον πόλεμο! | Transnational solidarity against racism and war | |
| Lowtech with refugees | Lowtech with refugees | |
| هيومينا لحقوق الإنسان والمشاركة المدنية | Humena for Human Rights and Civic Engagement | |
| Χειρονομία – Αντιεξουσιαστική Κίνηση | Xeironomia – Antiauthoritarian Movement | |
| Seebruecke Graz | Seabridge Graz | |
| Πρωτοβουλία: Το Σπίτι των Γυναικών, για την Ενδυνάμωση & τη Χειραφέτηση | Initiative: The House of Women for Empowerment & Emancipation | |
| Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (France) | New Anticapitalist Party (France) | |
| Solidarité Migrants Wilson | Wilson Migrants Solidarity | |
| Representing myself | Representing myself | |
| City Plaza | ||
| Gemeinsamer Horizont e.V. | Gemeinsamer Horizont e.V. | |
| lgbtqia+ refugees welcome | lgbtqia+ refugees welcome | |
| emantes – International lgbtqia+ Solidarity | emantes – International lgbtqia+ Solidarity | |
| MARSA Zaragoza (Movimiento de Apoyo a Refugidos y Solicitantes de Asilo) | MARSA Zaragoza (Movement to Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers) | |
| Kaldıraç | Kaldıraç (Anatolia) | |
| Αλληλέγγυη Σκύδρας | Skydra’s solidarity | |
| Plataforma Ciudadana Caudete se Mueve | ||
| eskrima.gr | eskrima.gr | |
| Asyl in Not | Asyl in Not | |
| Der Funke.de | ||
| Qualia Inc. | Qualia Inc. | |
| Lara Courage e.v. | Lara Courage e.v. | |
| Kaldıraç | Kaldıraç (Anatolia) | |
| Göçmen Dayanışma Mutfağı | Migrant Solidarity Kitchen | |
| ΔΙΚΤΥΟ ΟΜΑΔΩΝ ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗΣ ΔΩΔΕΚΑΝΗΣΟΥ | SOLIDARITY NETWORK DODECANESE | |
| ΠΡΩΤΟΒΟΥΛΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ | Initiative for the Detainees’ Rights | |
| Bündnis Griechenlandsolidarität Berlin | ||
| Filika Kolektif | Filika Collective | |
| Βορειοδυτικό Πέρασμα | Northwest Passage | |
| Храна, не война – София | Food Not Bombs – Sofia | |
| Kurdistan Solidarity Campaign | Kurdistan Solidarity Campaign | |
| Mazí Housing Project | Mazí Housing Project | |
| ΠΡΩΤΟΒΟΥΛΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ | Initiative for the Detainees’ Rights | |
| Αντιφασιστικός Πολιτισμός | Antifascist Culture Greece | |
| LabourNet Germany | LabourNet Germany | |
| DIE LINKE. Saale-Orla-Kreis | Left Party. Saale-Orla-District | |
| Hestia Hellas | Hestia Hellas | |
| LAG Frieden, Internationale Politik und Migration – DIE LINKE. Thüringen | LAG Peace, International Relations and Migration – The Left. Thuringia | |
| Cars Of Hope, Wuppertal | Cars Of Hope, Wuppertal (Germany) | |
| Asamblea de apoyo a personas migrantes de Salamanca | Assembly to support migrants from Salamanca | |
| Pekarna Magdalenske mreže Maribor | Pekarna Magdalenske mreže Maribor | |
| Abbeyfield EROC Centre | Abbeyfield EROC Centre | |
| جفرا | Jafra Foundation Greece | |
| All Included Amsterdam | All Included Amsterdam | |
| CeRCCa | CeRCCa | |
| McMaster University | McMaster University | |
| Plataforma CIEs No Madrid | Plataforma CIEs No Madrid | |
| Hope cafe Athens | Feeding Hope International | |
| AKNY-Greece Solidarity Movement | ||
| Grigri Projects | Grigri Projects | |
| Solidarity | ||
| Cambridge Migration Society | Cambridge Migration Society | |
| ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ ΧΙΟΥ | ANTARSYA CHIOS | |
| VIVIDO | VIVIDO | |
| Against racism and war | Against racism and war | |
| university of glasgow | university of glasgow | |
| Erasmus Mundus Grant sohibasi | Erasmus Mundus Scholarship holder | |
| Νεομηνοι | neomenioi | |
| Maynooth University | Maynooth University | |
| التضامن مع اللاجئين | Solidarity with refuges | |
| Χρήστος | Christos | |
| Ölümlere sessiz kalma | ||
| Nova ljevica | New Left Party | |
| Konsultacije za lezbejke, Beograd | Counseling for Lesbians, Belgrade | |
| Praxis für Psychotherapie | Praxis für Psychotherapie | |
| Paris Refugee Ground Support | Paris Refugee Ground Support | |
| Emek ve Adalet platformu | Emek ve Adalet | |
| Leela Ensemble | Leela Ensemble | |
| GÖÇMEN YARDIMLAŞMA VE DAYINAŞMA DERNEĞİ | GÖÇMEN YARDIMLAŞMA VE DAYINAŞMA DERNEĞİ | |
| Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği | Progressive Lawyers Association (Turkey) |
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