Protests against Dublin II/III (in Germany)‏

Dear all,

just to let you know that besides these impressive pictures from the storm on the fences in Melilla, there is also a growing resistance against the inner-european migration-regime. In Germany in different regions selforganised refugees start confronting the Dublin-regulation. The background is the try of the German authorities to use the change from Dublin II to III, to really start with harsh policy of deportation into 2014. Thousands of requests were taken to Italy and Hungary by the migration office only in December 2013 to take back people. This leads to  a massive increase of deportation orders.

In Hanau, a small city near Frankfurt, we started (inspired from Lampedusa in Hamburg) an initiative as Lampedusa in Hanau (see statement below). In Frankfurt mostly eritrean refugees started to protest against Dublin with a first demonstration with about 300 in the protest on Monday - and a second demonstration will follow soon in beginning of April. Also in other places we know about actions to stop deportations and a lot of resistance in single cases supported by very different people. 

We would like to know if you face similar situations in other countries as well.
All the best,
marion