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#SeaWatch3 Disembarks 65 Survivors in #Lampedusa – Italian authorities seizes rescue vessel

Last night (May 19) at 8:30 PM local time, the remaining 47 of 65 rescued people onboard the Sea-Watch 3 were disembarked safely, and in close cooperation with the Italian Coast Guard, on the island of Lampedusa. This fourth disembarkation of rescued people by a civil rescue ship in Italy this year proves once more that the talk of closed ports is just that: talk. However, Sea-Watch 3 has officially been taken into “probationary confiscation”.

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#NoBorders: Deadly weekend at the European frontiers, but looks like nobody really cares

Death of people on the move, even children, no longer news in Europe. Number of people arriving in Bosnia rising again.

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#Paris: Refugees evicted in Porte-de-la Chapelle

Tuesday evening, saw a massive eviction of Paris’s Porte de la Chapelle urban camp. According to Paris Refugee Ground Support (Warning Facebook Link), hundreds were brought to gymnasiums to get out of the cold overnight — but hundreds more were left behind to fend for themselves.

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Support the community space for refugees in #Rog, #Ljubljana, #Slovenia

Ljubljana, Slovenian territory: Ambasada Rog is a community space run for the last two years by refugees, activists, journalists, cultural workers, lawyers, unemployed, parents and everyone who believes in solidarity and the power of a community. We understand Ambasada Rog as a space of mutual support and we all work on a volunteer basis. Our work includes numerous activities: daily, we cook and provide a free meal for 20-25 people, we provide social and legal support to asylum seekers; we organize campaigns and protests, as well as educational workshops and events like exhibitions, concerts, dance classes and excursions.

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#Geldern, German territory – Demonstration: Why did #AmadAhmad have to die? We demand clarification, now!

German territory: More than two months after Amad’s death in prison in Kleve, we want to demonstrate in Geldern on Saturday December 15, 13.30 (01:30pm). We demand immediate clarification of the circumstances of his death.

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Call for the 14th anniversary demo to commemorate #OuryJalloh on January 7, 2019 in #Dessau / Saxony-Anhalt

On behalf of the survivors of the Diallo family, especially in the name of the parents Mariama Djombo Diallo and Elhadji Boubakar Diallo, who died without being informed and  getting answers to their legitimate questions about the cruel assassination of their son Oury Jalloh, we invite all solidarians, activists, initiatives and organizations to our annual demonstration to commemorate Oury Jalloh at January 7, 2019 to Dessau, German territory.

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Repression against refugees in #Bavaria: “Show police presence” and “make an impression”

Bavaria, German territory: A refugee camp in an industrial hall in Stephansposching (branch of the Ankerzentrum Deggendorf) was invaded by masked and heavily armed intruders with machine guns and long sticks.

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#RefugeesGR #Lesvos: Italian documentary crew records incident of abuse against senior refugee in Greece

Shame… that is the only emotion evoked when watching the footage of a documentary produced by the state funded national television in Italy, regarding the conditions of detention in Moria camp in Greece.

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