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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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“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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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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 >>]
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