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Refugees in Choucha refugee-camp / Tunisia are protesting, aiming at scandalising their bad situation and urging the responsible UNHCR to listen to their demands.
The protesters are dependend on funding for groceries, to network with supporters and for publicity work, which would make the protest heard in a broader public. Your donations are very welcome to make the protest possible and to make it public. Also small amounts will help!Please direct your donations to the following bank account:
FFM Berlin
Sparkasse der Stadt Berlin
Account number: 61 00 24 264
Bank code: 100 500 00
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PRESS RELEASE: 23 April 2013 – Refugee Right’s Protest in Front of EU delegation in Tunis, Tunisia
Recognised refugees who fled the war in Libya are trapped in Tunisia. Although they have refugee status they have no rights and no protection. In one month the Choucha refugee camp is going to close. Without residence, without protection, without … Continue reading
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A journey from Libya to Europe ends with forced “local integration” in Tunisia
– facing unpayed labour and discrimination A group of 34 Eritrean refugees departed in September 2012 from Libya with the aim of reaching Italy. As their boat got into distress and technical problems stopped their journey, Tunisian border guards rescued … Continue reading
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Protest in front of the Palais de Bardo
Twenty of the hungerstriking refugees went today to protest in front of the National Constitutional Assembly in Bardo, Tunis. After 22 days of hungerstrike in front of the UNHCR offices in Tunis, the group of Refugees doesn’t cease to demand … Continue reading
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Sign the petition!
In order to create pressure on UNHCR and governments to resettle the group of 262 refugees from Choucha Camp and from Medenine, we are now collecting signatures of supporters. As part of the group is still on hungerstrike and as … Continue reading
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Protest in Berlin
In berlin there was also a small demonstration in front of the UNHCR-office. A delegation went in to talk to the UNHCR and hand them over the letter and demands. They discussed with the protesters for over half an hour … Continue reading
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Protesters in Paris were received by UNHCR
Yesterday at 3 p.m. a protest in solidarity with the hungerstriking refugees in Tunis from Choucha camp took place in Paris, France. A delegation of FALDI (Forum of associations of democratic struggles of immigration) was received at the office of … Continue reading
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Solidarity Gathering in Rabat
Yesterday afternoon there was also a protest in Rabat, Morocco, to support the demands of the Refugees from Choucha. A delegation of GADEM, Conseil des migrants, ODT, AMDH, Coordination maghrebine des associations des droits humains, attac and ALECMA gathered in front … Continue reading
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Solidarity meeting in The Hague
Today, April 11th of 2013, on the solidarity day for Choucha the dutch refugees in protest from the Flichtchurch (Amsterdam) and Flighthouse (The Hague) came together. Both empty churches were occupied after several protest camps through the country in the … Continue reading
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Todays sit-in of the hungerstriking Refugees in Tunis
Today about 30 hungerstrikers from the group of the Refugees without Resetllment brought their protest into the City Centre of Tunis. At noon they started a sit-in in front of the Kasbah, where the Tunisian government sits. A letter with … Continue reading
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Peaceful protest on Thursday, April 11th, in Tunis
Support for Choucha refugees in a hunger strike in their peaceful protest on Thursday, April 11th, in Tunis We are a group of 228 refugees from the Choucha camp of different nationalities (Palestinian, Somalian, Eritrean, Chadian, Sudanian, Ethiopian). Among us, … Continue reading
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