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<p>Appeal:<br>
<br>
Voices from Choucha: Open escape routes, take in refugees!<br>
<br>
“We want to leave! Europe must help!" The demands on the cardboard<br>
signs of refugees and migrants at the Tunisian-Libyan border are<br>
clear - and compelling: 5000 people have been waiting for weeks and<br>
months in unbearable conditions in the camp of the UN High<br>
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Choucha. All of them managed to<br>
escape the escalating civil war in Libya. Many were employed as<br>
migrant workers, others had sought refuge from the war and crisis<br>
zones in Sub-Saharan-Africa. Survivors of capsized refugee boats meet<br>
in Choucha those who, arising out of despair and despite all dangers,<br>
are setting off for the road back towards the Libyan border to risk<br>
the dangerous crossing to Europe. On the 5th of May 2011, when four<br>
refugees from Eritrea died at a fire in the improvised tent city,<br>
there were spontaneous protests and road blockades. The Tunisian<br>
Military responded with tear gas, residents attacked the camp. At<br>
least two refugees were killed, many were badly injured.<br>
<br>
The refugees in Choucha were and still are hoping for help and<br>
support from the UNHCR, which had requested the European countries,<br>
among others, several times during the recent weeks with the intake<br>
of at least 6,000 refugees from Libya. In vain. Rather, the European<br>
border agency Frontex is given more and more contracts and the new<br>
democratic governments in Northern Africa are lured with offers of<br>
money, so they continue to be the watchdogs on the southern rim of<br>
European borders.<br>
The situation in Choucha must be seen in the context of the forward<br>
externalisation of the European border regime to Northern Africa. In<br>
the defense of refugees and migrants, the European countries have<br>
shamelessly worked together for years with the despots of the<br>
Maghreb, especially with Ben Ali in Tunisia and Qaddafi in Libya.<br>
Now, indeed, the democratic transition is welcomed, but help is<br>
refused to all those who are stranded in the Tunisian refugee camps<br>
and for whom there is no return.<br>
<br>
The voices of Choucha stand for the desperate protest against a<br>
policy of flagrant human rights violations, as they take place every<br>
day in many hot spots of Europe's external borders. A break with this<br>
policy is necessary to stop the dying at sea and in the desert. The<br>
democracy movements in Northern Africa provide the opportunity for a<br>
fresh start. Instead of fatal exclusion and grotesque threat<br>
scenarios, openness and solidarity must shape the future of the<br>
Mediterranean area. It needs bridges instead of walls for a new<br>
African-European relationship in order that Europe becomes a place of<br>
real freedom, general security and equal rights for All.<br>
<br>
The acceptance of refugees from Choucha in Europe would, in this<br>
sense, set a first, not just symbolic character. We therefore call on<br>
the responsible policymakers at the European level, in the federal<br>
government, states and municipalities,<br>
<br>
to take emergency aid measures and take in the refugees from<br>
Choucha and other temporary refugee camps in Europe.<br>
<br>
to provide humanitarian support for Subsaharan migrants, who were<br>
already flown out from Libya or Tunisia. For example just in Mali<br>
over 10,000 refugees have arrived since the beginning of the war in<br>
Libya.<br>
<br>
to give up the existing deportation policies at the external<br>
borders in favor of a humane and generous asylum and immigration<br>
policy that is consistent with the rights of refugees and migrants.<br>
<br>
to support the democratic upheavals in Northern Africa seriously<br>
and to understand it as an opportunity for a changing neighbourhood<br>
policy.<br>
<br>
Pro Asyl, Medico International, Borderline Europe, Afrique-Europe<br>
Interact, Welcome to Europe<br>
31st of May 2011<br>
<br>
Sign online: www.medico.de / Choucha-appeal<br>
<br>
For further information and to sign online refer to: http://<br>
www.afrique-europe-interact.net/<br>
<a href="http://www.afrique-europe-interact.net/?article_id=486&clang=0">http://www.afrique-europe-interact.net/?article_id=486&clang=0</a><br>
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