Why Everyone should mean Everyone

Why Everyone should mean Everyone

picture by Lorena Torres With the coming to power of the new government, immigrants in general and asylum seekers in particular had their hopes raised. It was a new daybreak after a long wait for asylum seekers hoping for re-consideration of their situation. But then [Full story >>]

Rapport fra Sultestrejken i Sigerslev

Rapport fra Sultestrejken i Sigerslev

af visAvis I dag påbegynder 18 afviste syriske asylansøgere deres fjerde dag på sultestrejke. Sultestrejken er en reaktion på deres tilværelse i asylsystemet, hvor de nu er tvunget til at blive på ubestemt tid i en såkaldt limbo-position, der betyder, at de hverken kan sendes [Full story >>]

Statements from a Public Hearing

Statements from a Public Hearing

illustration by Out of the Camps Here we bring a shortened version of a transcription of a Public Hearing, held on Friday the 10th of February 2012 in The Trampoline House. The Public Hearing was the starting point of the campaign OUT OF THE CAMPS! [Full story >>]

The Trampoline House's 1st of May speech

The Trampoline House’s 1st of May speech

picture by Thomas Elsted Speech by The Trampoline House at the 1st of May ANTIFA demonstration, “Live more, Work less”.  The speech is written and performed by Liza, Izabela and Keiko  We are asylum seekers. And right now we live in Center Sandholm, and we [Full story >>]

Exploring hope and desperation in Kongelund’s refugee camp.

Exploring hope and desperation in Kongelund’s refugee camp.

Illustration by Christian Sylvest Simonsen   visAvis brings a personal account from one who had her first visit in a danish refugee camp. by Stefania Kromydaki The bus stops. The doors open. As I pass through the gate, I see small grey and white buildings [Full story >>]

From Ixtepec to Nørrebro:  More than “just migrants”

From Ixtepec to Nørrebro: More than “just migrants”

  Pictures by Lisbeth Rasch The following travelogue takes us to southern Mexico, where – just as in the Trampoline House – there is a steady fight going on for the right to migrate. Migrants committed to this fight create new communities and find ways [Full story >>]

Going back means risking our lives!

Going back means risking our lives!

  Drawing taken from a collection of children’s drawing from Darfur   In a letter to the Minister of Justice, rejected Sudanese refugees in Denmark explain why they will demonstrate in front of the parliament Friday, March 23rd. Dear Morten Bødskov On behalf of all [Full story >>]

Open letter to Helle T. Schmidt

Open letter to Helle T. Schmidt

“My name is Hassan Mohamed Said. Me and my brothers from the camps, came to Denmark from Syria to regain our lives. As Kurds in Syria, we encountered a lot of oppression, not being able to speak freely or educate ourselves. I have now been [Full story >>]

A historical overview of the development of European asylum and migration policies

A historical overview of the development of European asylum and migration policies

by visAvis From the beginning of the making of visAvis, it has been of great significance for us not to see Danish asylum and migration policy as an isolated Danish matter. The national policies must be understood in an European as well as a global [Full story >>]

Real policy change - free us all from the camps

Real policy change – free us all from the camps

PUBLIC HEARING – Friday the 10th of February 3-6 pm in Trampoline House by The Trampoline House In the course of the spring 2012, Trampoline House will be launching and running a political campaign, aiming at two things: Urging the politicians to keep their promise to [Full story >>]

The refugees from Camp Altash

The refugees from Camp Altash

A group of 45 asylum seekers from Kurdistan-Iran tell their story and explain why they are currently demonstrating against the Danish Immigration Service, that has rejected all their cases. by the refugees from Altash Camp We are a group of Kurdish asylum seekers from Kurdistan-Iran. [Full story >>]

No Border Camp 2012, organisation without borders

No Border Camp 2012, organisation without borders

  Organisation meeting for No Borders Camp 2012 Saturday 21 January 2012 at 6.30pm in the Trampoline House. No Borders groups meet every year to make actions against the structures that keep up illegalisation of movement, this year the meeting is in Stockholm and on [Full story >>]

Raising money for visAvis # 6

Raising money for visAvis # 6

We are doing everything we can to reach a broader public. Therefore, we  have decided to make the next issue of visAvis, which is scheduled to be published in February, free. In doing so, we hope to reach broader, and have more people involved in [Full story >>]

Danish asylum policy excludes traumatised refugees

Danish asylum policy excludes traumatised refugees

the painting was made by a 9 year old girl who was enrolled in RCT in 1993 Danish legislation complicates traumatised refugees’ attempts to obtain asylum and residence permits. Researcher Edith Montgomery has published a report that reveals the problems in a system that does [Full story >>]

Bringing down the myth of Sweden as a nation of solidarity

Bringing down the myth of Sweden as a nation of solidarity

Aktion mot deportation is a two year old Swedish campaign in the No Border spirit which forms resistance against the Swedish system of forced deportations, pointing a finger at the unjust and violent treatment of refugees in detention centers and asylum seekers overall.  by Marcus [Full story >>]

Adama: One story many violences

Adama: One story many violences

Here we bring the story about an abused female asylum seeker. The article was brought on the Italian page »migranda« on the international day against violence against women. by Migranda, Associazione Trama di Terre Adama is a woman and a migrant. As we write, Adama is [Full story >>]

A story of an arrest

A story of an arrest

The name of the author is known by the editorial group Monday May 23 at around 22.45. The Danish Red Cross Centre Avnstrup. Around 30 people are in the computer room on the ground floor. I am sitting at one of the computers, watching TV [Full story >>]

Unknown Border Flag

Unknown Border Flag

  A flag is one of the strongest symbols of the nation-state, and for national identity. Unknown Border Flag is a flag for the underrepresented, those who are not heard, and those who are not recognized by the system. A declaration from this generation against [Full story >>]