Solidarity Action-Ježevo,Croatia 29th of November 2014
On Saturday the 29th of November 2014 about 20 activists gathered on
front of the detention center in Ježevo.
The idea of the gathering was to show solidarity with the imprisoned
people, inform the public about situation in Ježevo and to get to know
better the problems of people locked up behind the fences.
People are imprisoned in this detention center for crossing the borders
to Croatia, being considered criminal for fleeing a country, for seeking
asylum or just for the fact of traveling between countries and the wish
to choose where to move and live.
Life in Ježevo is life in prison: collective rooms, common areas, set
times when it is allowed to eat, sleep, get visits, go in the yard with
the walls and fences. Contact with the outside world is very limited for
people inside Ježevo. The process of getting visits is not so easy and
only possible when announced before to the authorities. Besides this,
mobile phones are taken away from them and apart from one free call to
the embassy other calls can only be made on their own expenses.
Personal belongings as well as money is being taken away and if people
have money they only get access to 300 kn (about 40 euros) per week and
are charged for their imprisonment with 200 kn (about 26 euros) per day
as well as for their own deportation.
For us who where present, the protest was successful and went without
bigger interventions of the repressive organs. For people inside there
was also no more repression than usual except that it was forbidden to
go into the yard during the time of the protest.
Solidarity statements in various languages were read and played and
direct communication with the imprisoned people was also possible. With
signs of statements and demands, as well as shouting of slogans and
personal dialogs people inside and the gathered activists outside broke
the silence of the daily life in prison.
This solidarity action was only a small sign of united struggle against
this criminalization of migration and the EU border system. The space to
act is really big. It is our duty to let it heard over the walls and
fences: Detention of migrants is just another form of jail! No one is
illegal!
For more on the topic on migration politics and struggles in croatia,
contact: noborderzagreb@riseup.net
Akcija solidarnosti-Ježevo 29.11.2014.
U subotu, 29. 11. ispred detencijskog centra Ježevo okupilo se oko
20 aktivista sa ciljem informiranja javnosti o situaciji u Ježevu,
izražavanja solidarnosti sa zatvorenicima i boljeg upoznavanja sa
njihovom problematikom.
U Ježevu, pored Zagreba, ljudi se nalaze zatvoreni u takozvanom
detencijskom centru. Uhvaćeni pri prelasku granice u Hrvatsku smatraju
se kriminalcima zbog napuštanja svoje države i traženja azila ili zbog
činjenice da putuju među državama ili biraju mjesto življenja.
Život u Ježevu je život u zatvoru. Najdulji period pritvaranja prema
Zakonu o strancima iznosi 18 mjeseci međutim vrlo često bivaju zadržani
i mnogo dulje. Ljudi su smješteni u zajedničke sobe za spavanje i
boravak sa strogo određenim vremenom za jelo, spavanje i izlazak u
dvorište koje je unutar zidova centra. Posjete su moguće samo uz
prethodnu najavu nadležnim autoritetima, mobilni telefoni su im oduzeti
pa osim jednog mogućeg poziva ambasadi pri ulasku svi ostali su na
vlastiti trošak. Osobne stvari i novac im se uzimaju. Ako, dakle, imaju
svoj novac mogu koristiti 300kn tjedno, ali tek nakon što im se naplati
'boravak' u iznosu od 200kn dnevno. Na kraju cijele priče naplaćuje im
se i deportacija u zemlju iz koje su krenuli u ovaj pakao.
Za nas koje smo se okupili protest je bio uspješan, bez većeg
interveniranja od strane represivnih organa. Zatvorenici također nisu
trpjeli veću represiju zbog naše akcije osim činjenice da za trajanja
nisu smjeli ići u dvorište zatvora. Pušteni su govori podrške na raznim
jezicima i u nekoliko navrata uspjeli smo direktno komunicirati sa
zatvorenim migrantama koji su sa svojih prozora pokazivali poruke i
zahtjeve i izmjenjivali s nama osobne dijaloge, te dovikujući slogane
sudjelovali u bučnom remećenju njihovog zatvoreništva zajedno sa
okupljenim aktivistima.
Ova akcija je samo mali znak zajedničke borbe protiv kriminalizacije
migracije i graničnog sistema EU. Prostora za djelovanje je mnogo, a
ovaj problem će zasigurno zahvatiti sve veći broj ljudi u potrazi za
sigurnijim i boljim životom. Nijedan čovjek nije ilegalan i detencija
migranata je samo još jedan oblik zatvora. Naša je obaveza da se o tome
čuje i preko zidova i rešetaka.
Za više informacija o migracijskim politikama i borbama , kontaktirajte:
noborderzagreb@riseup.net
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