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Greece: Activists stopt deportation of 62 refugees
NoBorders - 26.07.2009 17:27

In preparation of the Greek NoBorder Camp, Lesvos, 25th to 31st of August. More and more action is being taken against the ever increasing repression from the Greek government. This is a report from Mitilini, Lesvos:



Stop Deportations!
Stop Deportations!

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The Greek government has this “six point plan” about how to deal with what they refer to as illegal migration. You can read more about it at the website of our friends from Thessaloníki.

The first point reads as follows:

A ship of sufficient tonnage to be used as a first reception and transport center. This ship will sail near the islands of the Aegean where illegal migrants have been arrested, it will take them on board and carry them to the reception centers already in, or due to be put into, operation. The ship must be equipped with the necessary logistics infrastructure so as to ensure a complete health check of illegal migrants and to cross-check their identification data in order to ascertain their country of origin reliably and in a timely manner.

Apparently, this ship has already been chartered, but is still in the process of being refitted: they need to build cells and such. The plan however is clear, the Greek government wants to centralize the internment of refugees. A couple of days ago, there was the attempted deportation of 62 refugees from Lesvos to a detention center in mainland Greece. As you can read at occupiedlondon blog, this failed miserably due to intervention of antiracist activists.

As soon as embarkation started, the guards created a cordon around the migrants and started to lead them on foot toward the catapult of the boat. The sixty of us who were there jumped in front of them, blocking with banners and with our bodies their entrance to the boat. At the same time, we shouted slogans and handed out texts to the people that continued entering and exiting the boat. Following an initial surprise, the return of the migrants back to the bus that transferred them was decided. We held our positions exchanging slogans with the migrants who slowly started to realize what was going on and in turn started to shout and to wave.

More pictures at Athens Indymedia.

You can find more information on the NoBorders camp on Lesvos at:
 http://lesvos09.antira.info/

LINKS:
Friends from Thessaloníki (six point plan):
 http://clandestinenglish.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/greek-governments-six-point-plan-for-the-war-against-immigrants-in-the-aegean/

Occupiedlondon Blog:
 http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2009/07/25/63-mytilini-lesvos-solidarity-gathering-blocks-and-prevents-the-deportation-of-62-migrants/

Athens Indymedia:
 http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1062539

Website: http://lesvos09.antira.info/
 

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