350 people demonstrated on Sunday for the freedom of movement of all people and against
the racist regime cross the european union. ---- after 2012 the refugee protest march and
the marche europ?enne des sans papiers et migrant.es and 2013, the refugee bus tour ,
announced this year follows in the march for freedom after brussels under the motto
"freedom not frontex". starting point should be throat and strasbourg and also the first
cross occurs should be: ran the preparations for the entire march for several months, the
local activist * inside in strasbourg and the ortenau rather just briefly in the pots and
they only had about seven weeks time to come together and organize the upbeat of the march
came sleeping places, vok?s, legal team, demo-paramedic * inside, refuge, the login demo
in throat and strasbourg, to negotiate cross-occurs with the authorities, the frame
disconnect the action day and berwerben all. as always shut the whole on the last door
handle and the may 18, stood in front of the door.
gradually met 10 clock in the morning on the station forecourt Kehler more and more people
a: refugees, migrant * inside * inside and supporters gathered at the info point and
preparing for the demonstration and the first cross-steps forward. at the info point were
city maps, legal team information and flyers ready in different languages. a samba band
played warm the loud live -choir sang, accompanied by a guitar, a few songs and various
orator * inside were received on the organization and content details. the present riot
police from freiburg stayed in the background, but filmed without occasion the
participants * inside the demo.
13:10 clock we went on in the direction of Europe bridge over the Rhine, whose center has
to serve as a national border. on the bridge was a silent minute held: so could any * r on
his / her art commemorate the deceased at the outer limits of the eu people. as a lasting
reminder shoes were attached by people who had fled the bridge railing.
when popping sun the state border has been exceeded and it went on, the defunct customs
building and ibis hotel past, towards city (this was from the martial equipped French riot
police crs hedged against entree ... supposedly to protect the held marathon ...) the city
hall, the place d'austerlitz and finally to the modern art museum, where took place at the
place hans jean arp the financial statements give a concert with various musicians and
bands * inside. then it went either to Vegan VoK? the ingenious Moles from freiburg near
the autonomous cultural center Molodo? or theater sideshow the stage for human rights ,
the odyssey in the cinema who performed asylum monologues.
the atmosphere during the demo was very good and left out: the first cross passes was done
and the success of the day made many courage for the further march. there were encountered
many passant * inside because of the good weather and informed about the march and its
objectives.
on the next day of action was a banderole rolled out to the place kl?ber in downtown with
thousands of names of the eu external borders of death surrendered people. the connection
was a demonstration held in two smaller actions that were the Roman settlement and
deportation in geispolsheim visited. on the latter were the activist inside * of the
nervous paf ( Police aux fronti ? res : French border patrol police, a department of the
national police, which roughly corresponds to the German federal police) surrounded, for
allegedly attached to the knast fence posters. according to a lawyer's intervention, they
could go back without prejudice.
today Tuesday continued the march with about 60 people in the direction Furdenheim in
motion. they want to reach the end of june and after 500 km brussels via various stations
and with three other international dispute.
Current information can be found during the march on freedomnotfrontex.noblogs.org .
solidarity with the brave people of the march.
no nation, no border! fight law and order!
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