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Obviously I Will Be Caught If I Go Back
When you are seeking asylum in a country where the government does not recognize the danger you are fleeing from. When a peace agreement does not mean peace. About the difficulty of being Sudanese –…
Kastrup Airport
– a few words about the lot of the immigrant By Alen Mešković · illustration by Casper Øbro One summer day in 1996 I landed at Kastrup Airport after a three-week vacation in the Balkans.…
On the History of the Powerless
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. This bon mot was one of the first lessons learned during my studies of political science. But there is a way to escape such a depressing point of view…
Waiting (for the Right) to Return
As we sat down in the courtyard of the Palestinian Circus School, not far from Birzeit University in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank, to talk with the circus director Shadi about art and theatre,…
Control of Fingerprints – Power over People
In recent years, there has been an increasing use of so-called biometric information (e.g. photograph and fingerprints) in asylum and integration systems. Philosophical reflection calls attention to this tendency and considers it a disturbing characteristic…
Welcome to Europe: You Are Stuck in the Laboratory
In the south-eastern corner of Europe, Greece is heavily affected by the economic crisis. Greece is used as a laboratory for neoliberal policies that impoverish the population – and create social unrest and confusion. Meanwhile,…
Coming Out as Undocumented: Notes on Undocubus
“¡Sin Papeles, Sin Miedo!”, “No Papers, No Fear!”, with these words a group of illegalized migrants descended from a bus at the Democratic National Convention that was just about to re-elect Barack Obama as their…
‘Lend Your Humanity’ by Thea Gahr
“Lend your humanity – free movement for the people of the World.” Poster from the Migration Now portfolio by Thea Gahr from Justseeds Artists’ Coorperative. For more information see: www.migrationnow.com and www.justseeds.org
The Refugee Protest March: “Let’s walk and see where it takes us”
A suicide at the beginning of 2012 in the southern German asylum camp, Würzburg, triggered off an urge to start a protest among people living in other camps. An important issue was to prevent the…
