Griechenland : evacuate the camps not the squats

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Evacuate the camps, not the squats!
Published on March 14, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed

Despite appalling conditions in state-run camps, the government is
taking repressive measures against refugee squats where specifically
vulnerable persons have found refuge since the closure of the Balkan
corridor


copyright: Khora


23,000-30,000 refugees currently still stay under appalling conditions
in state-run mass camps in Greece. They live in tents in Moria Hot Spot,
in Derveni camp in Northern Greece or Elliniko camp in Athens, in
prefabricated houses in Koutsochero (18km out of Larissa City),
Malakassa (Attiki) or Skaramangas Dock (Attiki).
Almost the same amount of people – 23,487 refugees – have been
transferred mostly over the last months to alternative housing, i.e. in
private homes, reception centres, hotels, and in host families
co-ordinated and run by NGOs and funded by UNHCR mainly after having
suffered in state run camps before.

Meanwhile a total of 13% of refugees in Greece have taken care
themselves of their accommodation or found refugee in homes created by
solidarity people for them and in refugee squats. 7,850 are estimated by
the government to live in self-settled and self-financed private homes
or squats out of which about 3,000 are hosted in squats – all run by
solidarity and the refugees own resources.

“We tired of ruins and tired of tents. We don’t want to see anymore war,
bombs, soldiers and police. We want to live in peace and not fear
another loss of home. Because what we found here is home!” – refugee
living in City Plaza






copyright: Marios Lolos & Liska Bernet
Declaration of the comittee of the refugees squats

On Monday 13th, early in the morning, the repressive forces of the State
invaded the social space of Villa Zografou and arrested eight persons.
In the same time the evacuated in a violent way the refugees squat of
the Hospital in Alkibiadou street, while arresting around 120 refugees,
that they transfered to the Foreigners police station – despite the
horror of the tragedy already lived by refugees.
The State, while revealing its true face, goes towards a demonstration
of its repression power, as he already did in Thessaloniki during the
summer when he invaded the squats.


copyright: Khora
The government forgets, as expected, its leftist past, while applying
the classical dogma of “sécurity and order”, following its predecessors
road – the road of austerity as well as of repression. And all this play
is played on the lives of the people who left their country in order to
escape from the barbary and the war with the hope for a better and
digner life.
“First time left”, so, and first time that this Ithaca is so full of
racism, exclusion and lack of rights. Finally, if this is the Europe of
the human rights, why all these people did leave the hell they were
living in?

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We are on the side of the nomad proletariate. For us all this
demonstration of strength constitutes a casus belli. The movement,
against the State and the government’s repression, will be solidar with
the refugees as well as
with any self organisation initiative. Because all these initiatives
actually prove that people can and want to live together, without
discriminations and prejudices, within antihierarchical structures.
Finally, Toscas, Kaminis and their omoiodeatis should not forget that
this kind of repression is linked with the darkest hours of repression,
and they should know that when History repeats itself, it is as a joke.
Solidarity is the people’s weapon
Solidarity to the squats vila Zografou and Alkibiadou

Ps1 it would be interesting if the Red Cross that koptetai for the use
of the building of Alkibiadou street as a hosting centre for minors,
could explain what happened to the 19 yeaes Old syrian Sabri Belhat, who
is missing since seven months whereas he was under the institutions custody
Ps2 The State kicked out of Alkibiadou squat 120 refugees, exercizing so
its repressive power, kept them for 17 hours at the Foreigners station
and then, exercizing its antirefugee duty, left them in Omonoia at midnight.

Coordination of Refugee Squats
Νοταρά 26 / Notara 26
‘Ονειρο / Oniro
City Plaza
Σπύρου Τρικούπη / Spirou Trikoupi
Αραχώβης / Arachovis
Κάννιγος / Kanigos
5ο Λύκειο / 5. School
2ο Φιλοξενείο / 2. Filoksenio
Jasmin school
Υπουργείο Αχαρνών 22 / Ministry Acharnon