Securitygewalt und institutioneller Rassismus bedrohen Schwarze Leben – Ehemaliger Bewohner des ANKER-Zentrum Bamberg reicht Verfassungsbeschwerde ein

Pressemitteilung / Bayerischer Flüchtlingsrat, Culture of Deportation & Justizwatch 16.06.2020 Der senegalesische Asylsuchende Sidi F. (Name geändert) wurde am 27. September 2017 von einer großen Gruppe von Sicherheitsdienstmitarbeitern in der damaligen Aufnahmeeinrichtung Oberfranken (AEO) Bamberg angegriffen und schwer misshandelt. Das Ermittlungsverfahren gegen die Wachmänner wurde ohne Ergebnis...

16 June, 2020

[DE / EN] Donauwörth Polizeiangriff / Police Attack: Anhörung gegen Sam D. am 3.2. in Augsburg

(English below)   Wir rufen Freunde und Aktivist*innen auf, die Anhörung von Sam D. am Montag, dem 3. Februar 2020, um 13.30 Uhr im Amtsgericht Augsburg zu beobachten. Die Augsburger Richterin weigert sich, die Sitzung zu verschieben, auch wenn der Verteidiger von D. nicht anwesend sein kann....

02 February, 2020

[DE/EN] Prozessbericht: Landgericht und Staatsanwaltschaft Bamberg vertuschen systematische Security-Gewalt gegen Geflüchtete

// SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH // Prozess gegen vier eritreische Geflüchtete aus dem Ankerzentrum – Urteil am 7.11.2019 erwartet (mit eventuellen Zusatzterminen am 11. und 12.11.) Bericht und Aufruf von Culture of Deportation & Justizwatch Der Prozess begann am 14. Oktober 2019 mit einem regelrechten Krimi-Spektakel: Die Angeklagten...

04 November, 2019

[DE / EN] Aufruf zur Prozessbeobachtung ab 14.10. vor dem LG Bamberg (Bamberg-Security-Komplex) / Call for trial-monitoring

// SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH // Aufruf zur Prozessbeobachtung ab 14.10. vor dem LG Bamberg: Wieder sitzen Geflüchtete auf der Anklagebank, während gewalttätige Securities straffrei bleiben Am Montag, den 14.10.2019 um 09:00 Uhr beginnt vor dem Landgericht Bamberg (Jugendkammer) ein Prozess gegen vier eritreische Geflüchtete, die bei der...

10 October, 2019

[DE] Donauwörth Polizeiangriff: Fortsetzung des Verfahrens gegen Sam D. am 16.9. (AG Augsburg)

Das Verfahren gegen Sam D., der bei der massiven Polizeirazzia im März 2018 in der EA Donauwörth festgenommen wurde, wird am Montag, den 16. September 2019 um 13:30 Uhr vor dem Amtsgericht Augsburg fortgesetzt. Wir rufen Aktivist*innen und Freunde auf, ihre Solidarität mit Sam D. zu zeigen und...

13 September, 2019

[EN/D] Call for trial-monitoring / Aufruf zur Prozessbeobachtung: AG Deggendorf 3., 16., 26.9. (Stephansposching raid / Polizeieinsatz)

(Deutsch unten) Call for solidarity: Stephansposching raid - proceedings against a refugee continued on September 3, 16 and 26 in Deggendorf The proceedings against a refugee from Sierra Leone, arrested during the massive police raid in October 2018 at the Stephansposching Anker centre in Bavaria, will continue...

31 August, 2019

[DE/EN] Donauwörth Polizeiangriff: Nächste Prozesstermine 23., 28. und 30. August in Augsburg

(scroll down for English) Nächste Prozesstermine gegen Geflüchtete, die im März 2018 Opfer der massiven Polizeirazzia in Donauwörth wurden, finden am 23. August sowie möglicherweise am 28. und 30. August in Augsburg statt. Zwei gambische Geflüchtete werden die fragwürdige Vorwürfe vor dem Landgericht Augsburg in Berufungsverfahren anfechten....

19 August, 2019

Charter Deportation Germany-Senegal 16.07.19: Report (EN) – Rapport (FR) – Bericht (D)

For immediate release / für sofortige Freigabe / pour diffusion immédiate [Français ci-dessous] [Deutsch sh. unten] --- ENGLISH --- REPORT (19.07.2019) Brutal charter deportation from Germany to Senegal on 16th July 2019: Families, couples and lives torn apart On Tuesday 16h July 2019 a charter plane took 12 Senegalese deportees, 11 men...

19 July, 2019

[DE/EN] Donauwörth police attack – Trial report of 6 May 2019 in Augsburg, Germany

// DEUTSCH UNTEN // Police witness admits: Biased, sub-standard methods to identify "perpetrators" used in the Donauwörth raid Trial report by Culture of Deportation & Justizwatch The Gambian asylum seeker Sam D. was arrested on March 14, 2018 during a police raid in the Donauwörth first reception camp...

20 May, 2019

[DE] Donauwörth Polizeiangriff – Prozessbericht aus Augsburg vom 6. Mai 2019

(Trial report in English) Polizeizeuge räumt ein: Bei Donauwörth-Razzia wurden „Täter“ durch einseitige und unzureichende Methoden identifiziert Prozessbericht von Culture of Deportation & Justizwatch Der gambische Asylsuchende Sam D. wurde am 14. März 2018 bei einer Polizeirazzia im Erstaufnahmelager in Donauwörth verhaftet. Ihm wurde später ein Strafbefehl wegen...

20 May, 2019

[EN] Donauwörth police attack : Next trial May 6 in Augsburg

30.4.2019 Call for solidarity (Soli-Aufruf auf Deutsch) On March 14, 2018, a massive police raid brutalised the Gambian community in the Donauwörth first reception centre. The Bavarian criminal justice system continues to persecute the victims and to legitimise the police actions. On May 6, 2018 Sam D.,...

30 April, 2019

[DE] Donauwörth Polizeiangriff: Nächster Prozesstermin 6. Mai in Augsburg

Soliaufruf 30.4.2019 (Call for solidarity in English) Am 14. März 2018 fand gegen die gambische Community im “Transitzentrum” Donauwörth eine brutale Polizeirazzia statt. Nun treibt die bayerische Strafjustiz die Kriminalisierung der Opfer und die Legitimierung des polizeilichen Handelns weiter voran. Sam D., Geflüchteter aus Gambia, wird am...

30 April, 2019

[EN] Press Release on the Protest in Ellwangen March 14, 2019

Press Release 12.03.2019 (hier auf Deutsch): Protest on 14 March 2019 in Ellwangen Ellwangen has become a symbol of our protest! Picket from 11 a.m. onwards, Am Fuchseck in Ellwangen, rally at 3:30 p.m. Refugees take legal action against their sentences. Trial dates before the Ellwangen district court on March 14,...

13 March, 2019

[EN/D] Refugees challenge their sentences: Ellwangen March 14 hearings are cancelled! Demonstration will take place!

Refugees are challenging their orders of punishment at court. Trial dates before the Ellwangen district court on 14.03.2019 cancelled! Ellwangen has become a symbol for our protest. Protest on 14 March 2019 in Ellwangen will take place: Picket from 11 am to 6 pm, Am...

11 March, 2019

[D/EN] Stop security guard and police violence! On the Bamberg police raid of Dec 11, 2018

// DEUTSCH UNTEN // Stop security guard and police violence! Stop criminalizing refugees! Statement by Justizwatch and Culture of Deportation on the police raid in the AEO Bamberg (Bavaria, Germany) on the night of December 11, 2018 18.12.2018 A dispute between Eritrean asylum seekers and security guards in the...

18 December, 2018

[DE] PM: Legitimer Protest für elementare demokratische Rechte erneut unter Strafe gestellt

8.11.2018 Pressemitteilung Urteil des Amtsgerichts Augsburg legitimiert massive Polizeigewalt gegen Geflüchtete mit "Generalprävention"– Solidarität und Protest wurden erneut kriminalisiert   Der Prozess gegen zwei Gambische Geflüchtete aus der EA Donauwörth vor dem Amtsgericht Augsburg war gestern an nebulöser Beweisführung und Generalkriminalisierung kaum zu überbieten. Das Gericht entschied, die...

08 November, 2018

[DE] Polizeiangriff Donauwörth – Prozesse gegen Geflüchtete starten am 7. November in Augsburg

https://vimeo.com/296717141 HIER PRESSEMITTEILUNG ZUM URTEIL VOM AMTSGERICHT AUGSBURG AM 7.11.2018 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25.10.2018 Aufruf (English version) Polizeiangriff Donauwörth - Prozesse gegen Geflüchtete starten am 7. November in Augsburg Der bayerische Staat setzt die strafrechtliche Verfolgung der...

25 October, 2018

[EN] Donauwörth police attack – Court proceedings against refugees start on November 7 in Augsburg

AUFRUF: BERUFUNG / CALL: APPEAL COURT EBRIMA B. & BUBACAR F. 23.,28., 30.8. 2019 TRIAL REPORT MAY 6, 2019 AUGSBURG PROZESSBERICHT AUGSBURG 6. MAI 2019 CALL FOR SOLIDARITY & TRIAL MONITORING MAY 6, 2019 AUGSBURG LOCAL COURT SOLI-AUFRUF FÜR VERHANDLUNG GEGEN SAM D. AM 6.5.2019 HIER PRESSEMITTEILUNG ZUM URTEIL VOM AMTSGERICHT AUGSBURG...

25 October, 2018

[EN] Donauwörth Police Attack – David Jassey’s Interview

More information: The Donauwörth court proceedings call...

25 October, 2018

[DE] Eine Chronologie der Ereignisse in der Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung Donauwörth – David Jassey

David Jassey, ehemaliges Mitglied des gambischen Integrationskomitees und dessen Exekutive, berichtet über die Selbstorganisation der gambischen Flüchtlinge im Ersaufnahmeeinrichtung Donauwörth (Bayern) und analysiert die Auswirkungen des massiven Polizeiangriffs im Lager am 14. März 2018. Die 30 gambischen Flüchtlinge, die bei dieser Operation verhaftet wurden, leiden...

27 August, 2018

[EN] Chronology of the Events in the Donauwörth Reception Camp – David Jassey

David Jassey, a former member of the Gambian Integration Committee and its executive, tells about the self-organisation of the Gambian refugees in the Donauwörth asylum camp (Bavaria, Germany) and analyses the effect of the massive police attack in the the camp on 14 March 2018....

23 August, 2018

[EN/FR] „There was a lot of talk about us, now we’re speaking!” – Ellwangen refugees’ press conference 9.5.2018

On May 3, 2018 a massive police attack took place in the Ellwangen state reception center in Baden-Württenberg, Germany. May 9, 2018 A statement by the inhabitants of the asylum reception camp in Ellwangen on the events of the last week „There was a lot of talk about...

15 May, 2018

[DE/EN] Security guard violence in the AEO Bamberg – state-sanctioned criminalisation and persecution of refugees

// DEUTSCH UNTEN // Statement 8th May 2018 Justizwatch Berlin and Culture of Deportation The AEO Bamberg, a large reception and deportation camp in the state of Bavaria (Upper Franconia) is Germany’s flagship for refugee isolation. It faces now a scandal of systematic violence by private security guards against...

07 May, 2018

[FR/EN/ FULA] There is no law in Germany – Testimony on violence in the AEO Bamberg

Oumar B. was attacked on 27 September 2017 at the AEO Bamberg by a group of private security guards. The Senegalese asylum seeker was at the time living in this large reception and deportation camp located in the state of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. B's...

07 May, 2018

[EN/D] Court hearing 27.3.2018 Bamberg: Solidarity against the state legitimation of security violence on refugees – Stop the criminalisation and persecution of Aarona K. and Ndiame D.

As one amongst many cases of unjust criminalisation of refugees in Bavarian transit camps, Aarona K. and Ndiame D. will 27.03.18 be facing trial on false charges for grievous bodily harm (gefährliche Körperverletzung) on private security company employees at the AEO Bamberg. In September 2017 K....

06 May, 2018

[EN] We are refugees, not prisoners! Bamberg AEO camp demonstration 17th JAN 2018

The inhabitants of the Bamberg AEO transit camp (Bavaria, Germany) protested on 17th January 2018 against the scandalous conditions and treatment they face in the camp. They marched from the camp to the town hall in city center to hand over their petition to the...

24 January, 2018

[EN] No 24 months in this camp! Stop deportations! Deggendorf transit camp protest 20 Dec 2017

Demonstration 20 December 2017, Deggendorf transit camp Bavaria, Germany No 24 months in this camp! Stop deportations! No to racism and torture of migrants! On Friday 15th December 2017 around 200 people from Sierra Leone – women, men and children – started a 'strike of closed doors' in...

24 December, 2017

[EN] Demonstration in front of the Embassy of Mali, Berlin January 31, 2017 (English subs)

The demonstration in front of the Embassy of Mali in Berlin on January 31, 2017 was called by the group Djekafo from Halle and Afrique-Europe Interact. It confronted several policies: the embassy's practice of signing travel certificates for deportation of Malians from Germany, a possible...

01 June, 2017

[FR] Ambassade du Mali à Berlin, 31.01.2017 (st. français)

La démonstration devant l’ambassade du Mali à Berlin le 31 janvier 2017 a été l’initiative groupe Djekafo et du réseau Afrique-Europe-Interact. ...

01 June, 2017

[FR] Berlin 11.11.2016 – Manifestation “Stoppez La Valette!” // “Stop the Valletta!” – Demonstration in Berlin, November 11, 2016

Le 11 Novembre 2016, date anniversaire du sommet de la Valette, les groupes de refugié-e-s et migrant-es  Africain-e-s et le réseau Afrique-Europe-Interact se sont rassemblés pour protester devant différentes ambassades africaines à Berlin- Niger, Mali, Maroc- et devant l’organe allemand de développement ((Deutsche Gesellschaft für...

01 June, 2017

[FR/EN] Alassane Dicko (AME, Bamako / AEI) on EU migration policy vs. circular migration (French with English subs) // Alassane Dicko sur le politique migratoire de l’EU vs. migration circulaire

What is mobility in Africa? What is the broader context of the Valletta process? Why does travelling to Europe today require taking a boat and risking to die?  Is there a rising “migratory wave” towards Europe? What is Europe afraid of? Why is circular migration possible...

01 June, 2017

[FR/EN] Mignane Diouf (MADE Afrique, Dakar) on the Valletta process, European and African migration agendas (French with English subs) // Mignane Diouf sur le processus de la Valette et les programmes migratoires de l’Europe et de l’Afrique

What is the impact of the Valletta summit? Which policies is the EU trying to impose to control African mobility? What is Europe’s responsibility in the current crisis? How can we imagine an African agenda on migration? Mignane Diouf (MADE Africa, Dakar) was interviewed at...

01 June, 2017

[EN/FR] Interview with Milka Isinta (PANiDMR, Nairobi) // Interview avec Milka Isinta (st. français)

Why are people migrating within and from Africa? Why won’t models for migration control work as planned? What is going on with the trade agreements between the EU and Africa? Milka Isinta (Pan-African Network in Defense of Migrants Rights) was interviewed in Lomé, Togo, October 14-16,...

01 June, 2017

[FR] Academie des Migrations Africaines, Lomé, 1. jour // African Migrations Academy, Lomé, 1st seminar day (mainly French)

L’Académie des Migrations Africaines a été organisée à Lomé au Togo du 14 au 16 octobre 2016, sous la tutelle de l’association pour l’éducation citoyenne Visions Solidaires. Pendant trois jours, les activistes, les représentant-es d’ONG venues de différents pays africains et de la diaspora  ont...

01 June, 2017

[FR/EN] Inna Touré (Afrique-Europe-Interact / Bamako) on biometrics and European control of African mobility (French with English subs) // Inna Touré sur biométrie et le control européen de la mobilité africaine

What is a biometric passport? What is the hoax about the Valletta process? What are the reasons that push young people to leave Mali? Inna Touré (Afrique-Europe-Interact, Bamako) was interviewed in Vienna, Austria at the kritnet conference Migration / Criminalisation / Resistance, 26 – 29 May,...

01 June, 2017

[FR/EN] Ousmane Diarra (AME, Bamako) on the consequences of the Valletta process for West African societies (French with English subs) // Ousmane Diarra sur les conséquences du processus de la Valette pour les sociétés africaines

What is the Valletta process? What is a laissez-passer? How are “transit countries” like Niger used in European plans to control migration? What is the function of the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa? Why are African states complying with the European migration agenda? What are...

01 June, 2017

[EN] FILE: Joseph Koroma in Germany 2006 – 2013

Joseph Koroma, a citizen of Sierra Leone, was deported to Nigeria in October 2013. He had been identified as a Nigerian citizen in a MOBILE EMBASSY HEARING* of the Nigerian Embassy in Karlsruhe in June 2012. The Embassy issued him a Nigerian emergency travel certificate...

01 June, 2017

[EN] FILE: Yusupha Jarboh in Germany 1994-2013

Yusupha Jarboh, a Gambian citizen, was deported with a charter flight to Nigeria on 6th June 2013 after a Nigerian emergency travel certificate had been issued to him by the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin. Jarboh was identified as a Nigerian citizen in a MOBILE EMBASSY...

01 June, 2017

[DE/FR] Kay Wendel (Bündnis gegen Lager Berlin/Brandenburg) sur la loi sur les étrangers allemand et Duldung (allemand avec st. français)

Qu’est-ce que c’est le DULDUNG* (“tolérance’’)? Comment est-ce que l’Etat allemand exerce la pression sur les demandeurs d’asile dont la demande a été rejetée afin qu’ils quittent le pays ? Comment est-ce qu’on produit un DEPORTATION GAP* par  des mesures politiques, des lois et la...

01 June, 2017

[DE/EN] Kay Wendel (Bündnis gegen Lager Berlin/Brandenburg) on German aliens law and Duldung (German with English subs)

What is “toleration” (DULDUNG*)? How is the German state pressuring rejected asylum seekers to leave the country? What is ASYLUM FRAUD*? How is a DEPORTATION GAP* created and addressed by policies, laws and collaboration between different state actors? Kay Wendel (Bündnis gegen Lager Berlin/Brandenburg & author...

01 June, 2017

[EN] Rex Osa (Refugees for Refugees / Stuttgart) on deportation hearings and resistance

What happens at a MOBILE EMBASSY HEARING*? What is a DULDUNG*? Why do people use fake identities in the asylum process in Germany? How does German immigration law define and create “criminal” foreigners and refugees? How has protest been organised against forced identification of migrants...

01 June, 2017

[EN] Mobile hearing in Dortmund, March 2016

What happens at a MOBILE HEARING*? Protesters and persons who were invited to the mobile hearing of the Nigerian embassy at the Ordnungsamt Dortmund, Germany, testify. We took part in the protest against the hearing on March 3, 2016. Some weeks later we visited one...

01 June, 2017

[EN/FR] Interviews with Yusupha Jarboh (Gambia) and Joseph Koroma (Sierra Leone) // Interviews avec Yusupha Jarboh (Gambie) et Joseph Koroma (Sierra Leone) (anglais avec st. français)

Yusupha Jarboh (Gambia) and Joseph Koroma (Sierra Leone) were falsely identified as Nigerians at a MOBILE HEARING* of the Nigerian embassy in Germany and deported to Lagos with Nigerian travel certificates. The two men testify about the treatment of West African nationals by German authorities...

01 June, 2017

[EN/FR] Nigerian embassy protest actions 2012 // L’ambassade du Nigéria – actions de protestation 2012 (st. français)

Documentation of two protest actions in 2012 against the deportation collaboration of the Nigerian embassy in Berlin with German authorities. In May 2012 the demonstrators gathered in front of the embassy to protest against the issuing of travel certificates for deportation at the request by...

28 May, 2017

[DE/EN] Salomon Wantchoucou (Refugee Movement Sachsen-Anhalt) on Duldung (German with English subs)

What is DULDUNG* (suspension of deportation)? What do “tolerated” persons have to endure in Germany? What does the “obligation to collaborate” with one’s own deportation entail (MITWIRKUNGSPFLICHT*)? How does the German immigration administration feed hate propaganda against foreigners when it refuses work permits from the...

27 May, 2017

[DE/EN] “I’ve got a white beard here in Germany but no residence permit” — Alex Nuhu Banja (German with English subs)

What is life on Kettenduldung (long-term "toleration") in Germany? How can "tolerated" persons work? Alex Nuhu Banja came to Germany from Sierra Leone in 1997. After the rejection of his asylum application he has resided in Germany with a DULDUNG*. He was interviewed in Wittenberg, Germany...

27 May, 2017

[DE/EN] Fadi Abdel Ghani – 30 years hostage in Germany (German with English subs)

Fadi Abdel Ghani’s testimony on a life of 30 years under DULDUNG* (suspension of deportation) and work prohibition in Germany. The Palestinian Ghani came to Germany from Lebanon in 1984. He was interviewed in Wittenberg, Germany on April 16, 2015. * see also GLOSSARY...

25 May, 2017