Stay
here! Right of permanent residency!
In November 2006 the conference of the federal
home secretaries will be held in Nürnberg. The refugee counsels of all federal
states demand a liberal regulation concerning the right of residency. Such a
resolution would guarantee a permanent right of residency for a lot of people
who for many years have only been living in a state of toleration.
In order to avoid deportation of people
belonging to this group before the regulation comes into effect, the home
secretary of Berlin has already enacted a moratorium on deportation for the
state of Berlin until the end of 2006. The city of Potsdam has decided alike –
against the home secretary of the state of Brandenburg. There will be no
deportation of families with underage children or single minors from the state
of Berlin and the city of Potsdam if these people have been living in Germany
in a state of toleration since June 2000 or longer.
All those who have been living in a precarious
state of prolongued toleration with a permanent fear of deportation can feel
releived for the moment.
We demand that the city of Cologne as well as
all the other communities demonstrate their civil disobedience and join the
resolution of Potsdam and Berlin, regardless of the federal government’s
decision.
Approximately 250.000 people are living in a
state of toleration in Germany. A lot of them have been living here for already
10 years. They are constantly confronted with bondage and limitations: usually
they are banned from working and education, are forced to live in council
houses and receive reduced social welfare, restricted medical health care and
are limited in their freedom of movement.
Furthermore hundreds of thousands live in
Germany who do not even possess a state of toleration. They live in a state of
illegality with no rights and support. Essential human rights such as medical
care and the right of education are kept from these people.
In May 2006 the Social Forum of the European
Union in Athens has therefore decided to arrange an international day for a campaign on October 7th.
The background is that in October 2006 will be
the first anniversary of the terrible and inhuman events in Ceuta and Melilla
where several hundred people died at the border fences of Fortress Europe and
during the evacuation from there. Those people were on their way to a better
future and met their death.
We call for a protest march in order to remind
the events in Ceuta and Melilla and to demand an extensive regulation
concerning the right of residency from the federal home secretaries’
conference.
l Right of Residency for everyone!
l Immediate stop of deportation!
l Shutdown of all deportation camps and prisons in
Europe and everywhere else!
Saturday, October 7th
3:00pm demonstration,
Rudolfplatz Köln
4:00pm manisfestation, Domplatte, Köln BACK