February 2, 2011

Petition Signatures against the wall of shame in Evros


RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAINST THE WALL OF SHAME IN EVROS
DEFEND MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

The recent announcement by the Ministry for the Protection of the Citizen about the planned erection of a wall at the Evros borderline, with the purpose of preventing the irregular entry of migrants and refugees into Greece from Turkey, is well known to all of us.

This radical move of political expediency comes in continuation of the inhuman European policies, which the Greek State follows upon the recommendations of powerful EU Member States like Germany. First, by agreeing to the Dublin II Regulation, the Greek Government agreed to the Community's legal structure to find a way for EU Member States to discharge their international committments through the back door. In addition, by participating in this game of shifting problems beyond and outside the “democratic territory” of the European Union, it literally took on the role of becoming the borderguard of EU policies.