From jo at xs4all.nl Wed Jul 8 09:05:23 2009 From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:05:23 +0200 Subject: EU Deportation Flight on July 15 from Amsterdam to Africa Message-ID: <2A53A7BA471E4CFBA427A514F07991F0@jom2m> Amsterdam July 8 EU stages collective deportation of African migrants M2M (Migrant to Migrant) has received reliable information that several EU countries have planned a special charter flight from Amsterdamn Airport Schiphol to Africa, carrying tens of undocumented migrants back to Africa. Reliable church sources in Germany and Belgium ask for addictional information and M2M calls for concerted action to protest against this form of "human trafficking". We have informed the detained migrants in two of Hollands detention centres: Schiphol Oost and Alphen aan den Rijn. Mamadou from Chad is already 14 months in detention and fears deportation. He has succesfully resisted deportation on several occasions and is a leader of many collective actions in the last year. We talked with Mamadou and others through the fence, during the last comemmoration of the Schiphol Fire. Click on the blue link to listen: http://m2m.streamtime.org/uploads/2008/October2008/Commemoration2008/26thOctober/m2m261008Some_Communication.mp3 Please circulate this information widely in Europe and Africa. Let us know of any addictional information on this deportation flight you may have. Let's come together and organize support for the ongoing resistance inside these prisons. M2M proposes actions of protest and solidarity on the 14th of July: Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood. Visit the prisons, make phonecalls, picket lines at Airports, Embassies and Institutions of Repression anywhere. Jo van der Spek No borders between us! M2M Radio will post all info at http://m2m.streamtime.org m2m at streamtime.org Tel +31624148872 Make a donation at ING 3452284, Jo van der Spek, Amsterdam. Ref: Stop EU Charter. From jo at xs4all.nl Mon Jul 13 08:16:07 2009 From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:16:07 +0200 Subject: EU Charter: protest 14th of July Message-ID: dear all, Following the information on the EU charter, deporting African sans-paiers to Africa from Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam, NL) due on the 15th, M2M (Migrant to Migrant Foundation) has informed the detainees and called on activists to stage a protest against the collective deportation of African migrants from Europe. We choose Tuesday 14th of July, the French national day of freedom, equality and brotherhood to manifest our outrage at this EU-policy and our solidaity with the detained migrants. M2M is in close contact with people detained at Schiphol Oost and Alphen aan den Rijn. See our web site and listen to them talking over he phone. http://m2m.streamtime.org/index.php/2009/eu-deportation-flight-on-july-15th-2/ Since February a group of some 40 detained migrants has organized various protests, including a hungerstrike. The active support from outside gives them strength. Some of them have been released and feeds us with fresh information on life in detention. Together we have choosen the form of protest: a day of silence. The detainees will not speak with guards, security, immigration services and possibly also boycot refugee Council and lawyers. We also informed collegues in Italy, France and Spain, in order to create a synchronized protest. On Tuesday small groups of activists will stand at the gates and fences to salute the detainees. In silence, but visible. Hearing, seeing, silence. (Dressed up as monkeys). However, we have found no confirmation or additional information on this EU-Charter. We ask you to phone and write to your local and national authorities to demand in formation on this flight. And to write a letter of alert to the EU commissioner of Human Rights. best regards Jo van der Spek Director of M2M Foundation "promoting free communication of migrants" http://m2m.streamtime.org tel +31624148872 no borders between us