<Fair City Amsterdam> Update We Are Here

[Jo van der Spek]

Hoi,

 

Mijn gezondheid belette mijn deelname aan de vergadering van gisteren.

Bij wijze van update van de situatie van Vluchtelingen op straat hierbij
twee links.

Goed overzicht van Bregje Keulen in de Groene.

 

https://www.groene.nl/artikel/wij-zijn-allemaal-moe

 

Er zit dus weinig beweging in de zaak, zeker politiek eerder achteruitgang.

Jurist Pim Fischer vestigt hoop op juridisch proces (zie slot van het
artikel).

 

Op dit moment zit Wij Zijn Hier redelijk stabiel in 2 panden: het
vrouwenpand aan de Burg. Roellstraat en de Vluchtmaat aan de Joan
Muyskensweg.

Het pand aan het Zeeburgerpad had gisteren een rechtzaak ter ontruiming, en
aan het Osdorpplein is 10 dagen geleden een kraak gezet.

Het ziet ernaar uit dat met de Kerst weer een lege stal moet worden gezocht.

 

Een serieuze politieke aanpak op lokaal niveau om een eind te maken aan de
onmenselijke behandeling van ongedocumenteerden kan een voorbeeld nemen aan
Barcelona:

 

The city of Barcelona has created a local resident status to provide rights
and reduce the risk of detention for undocumented migrants. 

 

By Anna Sklovsky 

While the city of Barcelona faces independence protests, an innovative model
has developed to protect vulnerable undocumented migrants at risk of
detention and destitution.

Calling itself the ‘
<http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/dretsidiversitat/en/barcelona-city-rights>
City of Rights’, the local municipal government under the leadership of
Deputy Mayor Gerardo Pisarello has undertaken strategic litigation against
the federal government’s use of immigration detention in the city on the
basis that there was no permit for it to operate.

With more than 50% of all migrants in Spain at some point being in an
irregular status, undocumented migrants are at particular risk of detention
under federal law, including in the federal immigration detention facility
in Barcelona

In response, the municipality responsible for migrants ,
<https://w30.bcn.cat/APPS/portaltramits/portal/channel/default.html?&stpid=2
0100001515&style=ciudadano&language=ca> Migrant Care and Hosting Department
for the City of Barcelona, ‘Ajuntament de Barcelona’ – Acolida a immigrants’
has also developed a unique and integrated alternatives to detention model
for undocumented migrants.

The model includes:

1.	Active local registration (padrón) – Registering undocumented
migrants in the city- which automatically allows them access to mainstream
services and triggers the period from which they can seek regularisation.
2.	Providing a status to reside in the city- Developing a unique
document ‘Document de banaca’-neighbourhood document– to give local level
status for undocumented migrants. It is now also being regionally
acknowledged by the Catalan state authorities, who issues health care card
for residents.
3.	Access to essential services, including education, health, housing
support and welfare for at risk cases
4.	Encouraging regularisation- 14,000 undocumented migrants have been
assisted from the legal advice provided by more than 60 lawyers. The
municipality has funded EU200,000 towards this work.
5.	Promoting amendments to legislation to ensure more inclusive
policies and reducing the use of detention and allowing greater
regularisation of undocumented migrants. This work has included advocacy
work at the EU level with PICUM <http://picum.org/> . 

Ramon Sanahuja Velez, the program director, argues that this program
provides a range of benefits to the city and the migrants. This includes
practically ensuring a vulnerable hidden population at risk are included in
society, benefiting the economy and enhancing human rights.

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Plans for alternatives to detention in Madrid


 

Meanwhile, the City Council of Madrid is also planning
<https://www.liberties.eu/en/news/madrid-city-council-alternatives-detention
-migrants/12522>  to offer alternative to the deprivation of liberty and
safeguards the human rights of migrants in detention. The local government
aims to provide placement options for those in need as an alternative to
detention and to hire social workers who could provide support for and
monitor the situation of the detainees in the city’s detention centre.

Jo M2M

Tel. 0686263381

Van Ostadestraat 49c

1072SN Amsterdam NL

http://schipholbrand.net/m2m

 

Bank: NL53TRIO0338573607 tnv Stichting Migrant to Migrant

 

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