GLOBAL ACTION DAY FOR THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS

“Open the borders!” shout the people who are standing in Idomeini at the blocked border between Greece and Macedonia, who are fighting under inhumane conditions for their right to travel. Their fight stands for the fights of thousands of people who are blocked, who disappear, who die and are killed at borders worldwide. “Open the borders!” means away with the police and military, who are supposed to block fleeing people at the borders. “Open the borders!” means down with the fence that Austria is building in Spielfeld, down with all the fences Europe uses to isolate itself more and more. “Open the borders!” means putting an end to the murders of thousands who are fleeing in the Mediterranean sea and on the travelling routes, who only die because there are no legal ways to reach Europe. “Open the bordes!” also means to break through the barriers of this normality that does not consider governmental illegalization, exploitation and assassination as noteworthy. Last but not least, “Open the borders!” means not being satisfied with the borders opening for a short time. No, it is not enough. It is not enough at all. What we experienced in summer was just the beginning. It was one of many beginnings of awareness and mobilization. It was just the beginning because we will not accept that refugees in Austria are made homeless or have to sleep in emergency accommodations on the floor, when at the same time there are empty houses in every city. t is completely unacceptable that the Austrian and other European governments pay billkions of Euros to the warmongering Erdogan-regime in Turkey in order to put people into prison and keep them away from the EU borders. Just as unacceptable are the meager promises given to the governments of African states in order to get them to collaborate with the EU migration system while the African ressources are still plundered.