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On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Jackie Splain <jsplain@...>wrote:

> posted:
> http://interoccupy.net/blog/refugee-rights-protest-in-front-of-eu-delegation-in-tunis-tunisia/
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Marouane tlili <marouane.tlili@...>wrote:
>
>> hello
>>
>>
>> thank you for the document. I think that it does not make a lot of sense
>> to have a contact number outside tunisiam like the one in germany, this
>> person will be disconnected from what is happening here in Tunisia.
>>
>> here are a few suggestions and ideas on how to get more efficient with
>> this struggle:
>> *create a network of solidarity in tunisia and rooted with the social
>> mvts existing in tunisia
>> *have and formulate one clear revendication like extension of the camp,
>> and re-organize the struggle better
>> *create a clear agenda and impose it to the NGOs so that their ressources
>> (legal, political, material) are used for the refugees struggle and not
>> getting instrumentalized by the NGOs (both local and international), the
>> reason for this is simple: right now the NGOs are not fulffuling their role
>> and they have the ressrouces, there will always a point where informal
>> solidarity groups can not go beyond because many ressources are missing
>> *Create durable campaigns in the country of ressetelment to push UNHCR
>> take more refugees
>>
>> peace
>> M
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/4/23 Ulrike Beudgen <ubeudgen@...>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Von meinem iPhone gesendet
>>>
>>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E‑Mail:
>>>
>>> *Von:* Schneckenschleim <caracolcita@...>
>>> *Datum:* 23. April 2013 17:28:54 MESZ
>>> *An:* action2-l@...
>>> *Betreff:* *[Action2-l] Press Release: Refugee Right’s Protest in Front
>>> of EU delegation in Tunis, Tunisia*
>>>
>>>
>>>  Please spread this press release concerning the hungerstriking
>>> refugees in Tunisia:
>>> *
>>> *
>>>
>>> *PRESS RELEASE: 23 April 2013*
>>>
>>> *Refugee Right’s Protest in Front of EU delegation in Tunis, Tunisia*
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Recognised refugees who fled the war in Libya are trapped in Tunisia.
>>> Although they have refugee status they have no rights and no protection. In
>>> one month the Choucha refugee camp is going to close. Without residence,
>>> without protection, without food they will have to ‘integrate’ into
>>> Tunisian society; a society which is already under pressure because of
>>> rapid social change and severe unemployment. They are on hunger strike
>>> outside the UNHCR in Tunis to demand resettlement in a safe country.*
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Protest outside the EU delegation in Tunis*
>>>
>>> On 22 April 2013, a delegation of 20 refugees, out of the 262 refugees
>>> who are left without resettlement to a safe country, protested in front of
>>> the EU delegation in Tunis. Banners said: "We request the international
>>> community to focus on our demand." During the protest, Tunisian police came
>>> to the sit-in at the UNHCR to take away the tents.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Recognised but without protection*
>>>
>>> They have refugee status from UNHCR. But UNHCR has ‘closed’ the
>>> resettlement programme and they arrived too late. They will be ‘locally
>>> integrated.’ But Tunisia does not issue residence permits, they cannot work
>>> legally and they can be arrested by the police. Their camp, Choucha will be
>>> closed in one month; they have nowhere to go.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *EU fought a war to protect civilians but now it ignores them*
>>>
>>> EU States played a major role in the war in Libya, they share
>>> responsibility for refugees fleeing that war. Of the thousands that fled
>>> Libya to Tunisian territory in 2011, there are now only a few hundred left
>>> in Choucha Camp.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Refugees forced to ‘integrate’ while facing discrimination and
>>> without residence permits *
>>>
>>> These recognised refugees are meant to be ‘locally integrated‘ in
>>> Tunisia. They say it is impossible:
>>>
>>> 1) In their daily life they experience harsh racial and religious
>>> discrimination.
>>>
>>> 2) They don't believe Tunisia to be a safe country "due to the unstable
>>> situation" which continues even two years after the revolution. In one city
>>> police disappeared due to political disturbances leaving refugees
>>> unprotected.
>>>
>>> 3) Traumatised refugees will be left without residence permits.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *No asylum law in Tunisia to protect refugees*
>>>
>>> The Tunisian Constitution is still being written. Nothing concrete has
>>> been decided; neither asylum laws nor their legal status are sure once the
>>> refugees are ‘locally integrated.‘
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Eritreans could not make ‘local integration’ work*
>>>
>>> A group of Eritreans were put in the southern Tunisian city of Medenine
>>> as part of the ‘local integration programme‘. This group of 34 refugees
>>> were unable to integrate. They were the target of numerous acts of
>>> discrimination. Finally, on 17 April, they left Medenine and went to
>>> Choucha Camp, to stress their demand to UNHCR to take responsibility.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Health problems for those on hunger strike*
>>>
>>> Yesterdays' protest in front of the EU delegation in Tunis, is part of
>>> an ongoing protest campaign of the refugees, demanding resettlement. Since
>>> 26 March 2013, around 40 embarked in a sit-in in front of the UNHCR and on
>>> 29 March the refugees started a hunger-strike which has led to several
>>> hospitalisations. This is putting the lives of these refugees in danger.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Protest and solidarity*
>>>
>>> On 11 April, they protested in front of the ‘Kasbah,‘ the Tunisian Prime
>>> Minister’s office, where they handed over a letter to the Tunisian
>>> government, asking it to refuse the ‘local integration-programme.‘ This
>>> protest was accompanied by a wave of solidarity actions in front of UNHCR
>>> offices in Rabat, Paris, Den Haag and Berlin.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Then on the 19 April 2013 they engaged in a sit-in in front of the
>>> Constitutional Assembly of Tunisia, continuing to demand their right to
>>> resettlement to a country with effective asylum protection.
>>>
>>>
>>>  *Contact: 00216 27 41 55 58 (Arabic and English), 0049 173 41 08 642(German, French, English) and
>>> choucha@...*
>>>
>>> *More information: facebook.com/refugees.shousha and
>>> chouchaprotest.noblogs.org*
>>>
>>>
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