Tear down this wall Schleift die Festung Europa! On the southern borders of Europe ,many people die . In this and the previous year alone Fortress Europe killed at least 460 victims. The refugees flee from countries where arbitrary violence and oppression prevail , they flee from countries whose territorial integrity was shattered from war zones and dictatorships . They are fleeing from hunger , misery and poverty. They flee from regions where European colonialism reigned , and they flee the aftermath of this colonialism as well as the results of current intervention policy . They flee to us. They do not flee lightly , they do not flee for mild reasons. They are not economic refugees, they flee from a very individual demise. They flee , because there is no other way out for them . Europe Nations , the poor and the rich now , Africa and Asia , South America and Oceania have exploited over the centuries. have enriched themselves of the products and of the work force of the often enslaved population . Merciless and inhuman structures were established and boundaries made , traditions eliminated and the wealth of the regions plundered. Our colonial history , the fruits of which are still part of Europes wealth, require us to humility and not chauvinistic foreclosure. Not the European border regime with its speedboats and drones , with night binoculars , helicopters and dog teams may be the answer to the influx of refugees . camps with barbed wire fences must not be the European home of the fugitives . Not working prohibitions making poverty and isolation to constrict the lives of people who hope for our help. On the contrary, we should consider them as friends and partners. The interior ministers of the EU Member States block for years a common European asylum law , for fear of the nationalist and populist parties in their countries. European law must always be based on human rights - national fears and sensitivities may not be used to obtain its profitable European companies dump ! Europe needs a humanistic and humanitarian refugee policy. At the same time the inhabitants of the countries from which so many escape aids that do not destroy the local economy need not destroy local agriculture and can not afford the reign of warlords and clan feed . We , writers and artists who demand the bodies of the European Union : Create a humanitarian refugee law Createa human Asylum Abolishe the Dublin II Regulation Including: No one is illegal Exit the dying First signatories Carmen Maja Antoni , Actress Jennifer Antoni , Actress Rolf Becker, actor January Degenhardt , musician Kai Degenhardt , musician Diether Dehm , lyricist , composer , MP Elizabeth Dishur , object artist Andre Heller, artist Heidrun Hegewald , painter , writer Per Ole Heidorn , musician Mena Koller, writer Robert Lange , painter Manfred Maurenbrecher musician Robert Manasseh writer Peggy Parnass , writer, actress Prince Chaos II , musician, writer Max Prosa , musician Renate Richter , Actress Thomas J. Richter , painter Viola Roggenkamp , writer , journalist Christa Schuenke , writer, translator Gerhard Seyfried, writer , illustrator Shia LaBeouf , actors, musician Leander Sukov , writer Dieter Süverkrüp , musician Imre Török , writer Hannes Wader , musician Konstantin Wecker , musician, writer Manfred Wekwerth , Director change.org/de/Petitionen/schleift-die-festung-europa
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:54:44 +0000