A report about obstacles to deportation in Denmark by Michala Clante Bendixen, Refugees Welcome. Introduction by Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen The report ”Asylum camp limbo” concerns the group of rejected asylum seekers in Denmark who cannot be…
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Asylum Camp Limbo – a report about obstacles to deportation
Editorial to visAvis #7
by visAvis When the European asylum policy finds itself at a standstill, when the conditions for refugees are generally worsened, and when the Danish government’s asylum agreement has meant little change for the conditions for…
Statement from Afghan asylum seekers in Denmark
Statement on the occasion of demonstration on the 10th of November from 1pm to 5pm. From the City Hall Square to Christiansborgs Slotsplads. By Afghan Asylum Seekers Dear parliament members, 30 years of war in Afghanistan…
The First Step Away From Segregation
First published in The Reykjavík Grapevine 30.5.2011. by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson, No Borders Reykjavik. Words are weapons. Controlling language—the meaning of words, which words exist and which do not—is the ruling powers’ fundamental premise…
The Journey to Iraq
Here we bring a desperate account from Iraq wherefrom a rejected asylum seeker writes, a short time after his repatriation, about his deportation from Denmark and his consequent feeling of alienation, incomprehension and inability to…
Hope for future is power for present
by Jean Claude Gakimbiri · Illustration: Sara Houmann Mortensen I define hope as “the happy anticipation of good things.”If we don’t have hope in the future we cannot have power in the present. Hope will give…
An account from No Borders camp 2011
An account from No Borders Camp 2011, Siva Rika, Bulgaria: This year’s No Borders Camp took place in Bulgaria, a country with a horrifying history of alienation and persecution. But hundreds of international activists are trying…
Testimonies From A Public Hearing
Testimonies from The Trampoline House’s Public Hearing. What is wrong with the Danish asylum system? And what can be done to improve it? On May 27, 2011 the user-driven culture house, the Trampoline House, organized…
Giving Harbor: A Day With Friends On The Quay
by Sami Sabet · Photo by Paula Nimand Duvå It was a slightly cloudy day and some friends had gathered to discuss an interesting topic. Most of us where Danish, a few of us where refugees…
Death Celebration
Somalia is heavily afflicted by the group Al-Shabab whichbrainwashes children and engages in terror. The countryis one of the most unsafe places in the world from wheremillions of people have been driven into exile. by…
