Out now: Crossing Borders No.11 on Precarious (Dis)Connections

20.Mar.13 - The new number of Crossing Borders is published in reference to the World Social Forum (WSF) end of March 2013 in Tunis. Migration will become a main axis in this forum as the fate of the "Harragas" - a term used in North-Africa and translated as "burning the border" - is a daily issue in Tunesia. Precarity, transnational networking and recent simultanous struggles in the movement of migration are the topics of the multilingual newsletter [Crossing Borders download page] []

Between migration and precarization

13.Mar.13 - The following diary was written after a tour through some tunesian cities in December 2012/January 2013. It is dedicated to a bus-caravan for freedom of movement in Tunesia, which is projected for September 2013. And it will be brought into discussion during the coming World Social Forum in Tunis when migration will become a main topic. [read more]

Transborder map 2012

17.Nov.12 - The transborder map 2012 is a map of resistance against the European Border regime. The map documents the multitude of actions against the European Border regime and includes key-incidents of struggles from the last five years against the background of the repressive European migration regime and its continuous externalisation to the east and south. This regime is sketched on the back side of the map. The map is available for download as a high resolution pdf here [back side here]. please click on the image below to view the map in your browser. [about the map ]

No Goodbye! The Departure from the South and the New Trans-Mediterranean Solidarity

16.Aug.12 - By Helmut Dietrich - This summer, the Boats4People campaign succeeded in building another transnational network across the western Mediterranean Sea. Last year, the West African Caravan from Bamako to Dakar had taken the first step. Now the Mediterranean Sea: the campaign's first goal is the installation of an alternative emergency call system for boat people. In the longer term, the aim is to connect social struggles around the Mediterranean. Revolts against pauperisation, as they are currently happening in Greece and Spain, have been taking place for decades further south. This is the background of the EU's sealing off against the South.  [read more]

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