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Daily Archives: February 2, 2020
European Union returns refugees to Libyan slavery
This November 2017 video is called SLAVE TRADE IN LIBYA | SHOCKING DOCUMENTARY.
From daily The Morning Star in Britain:
Sunday, February 2, 2020
EU refugee policy condemned on the 3rd anniversary of Libyan Coastguard deal
Around 40,000 people have been intercepted at sea and brought back to war-torn Libya since the EU’s 2017 Malta Declaration
MONDAY marks the third anniversary of a deal struck between the European Union and Libya which has caused tens of thousands of refugees to be pushed back to a war zone — in contravention of international human-rights law.
At a meeting in Valletta, Malta, on February 3 2017, EU leaders met to discuss human trafficking and “measures to stem the flow of irregular migrants from Libya to Italy.”
The result of the meeting was the Malta Declaration, part of which states that “priority will be given to … training, equipment and support to the Libyan national coastguard and other relevant agencies.”
According to analysis by migrant researcher Matteo Villa at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, “around 40,000 people have been intercepted at sea and brought back to Libya” since the 2017 agreements with Libya.
The civil refugee-rescue fleet — a small collection of NGOs that have been the main actors carrying out search-and-rescue missions in the central Mediterranean since April 2019 — condemned the EU’s support for the Libyan Coastguard.
Sophie Beau, international vice-president of SOS Mediterranee — which, along with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking — said that the declaration “laid the foundation for a massive breach of international law, financed by European taxpayers’ money.
“While the European Union pulled back from saving lives at sea over the past years,” Ms Beau said, “they simultaneously financed, trained and equipped the Libyan Coastguard to intercept people fleeing the country.
“They are returning them to a cycle of violence and abuse in war-torn Libya.
“Rescued people on board endlessly report to us shocking experiences of torture, rape, slavery and even executions, and most of the survivors are hurt or traumatised.”
Axel Steier, co-founder of the German refugee rescue charity Mission Lifeline, told the Morning Star that Europe’s interests are clear: keep refugees away.
“Europe’s incantations of ‘We fight the smugglers’ are of no use,” Mr Steier said.
“As long as there are no legal entry routes, people will continue to flee across the sea.”
Article 33 of the 1951 Refugee Convention, of which all EU member states are signatories, states: “No contracting state shall expel or return (‘refouler’) a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where [their] life or freedom would be threatened on account of [their] race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.”
Alarm Phone, an activist network providing support to people attempting to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, was equally damning.
“We do not doubt that Italy and Europe will continue to be the major collaborator with the cruel practices of the so-called Libyan Coastguard, thereby financing human-rights violations, making sea crossings even more dangerous, and forcibly pushing people back to a war zone and torture,” an Alarm Phone spokesperson told the Star.
“Italy and Europe are therefore fully responsible for the violence, deaths at sea and human-rights violations. By delegating to Libya they hide and deny their responsibility.
“But people on the move do not have a choice. In January alone, despite bad weather conditions, thousands of people made the deadly journey across the sea to flee war and violence.
“They do not have a voice in the conferences and deals between the EU and Libya, but many still bravely succeed in reaching Europe.
“We listen to them calling us in their hardest moments, struggling at sea in unseaworthy boats. We will continue to organise ourselves as part of the civil fleet for freedom of movement.”
Oxfam has accused the EU of using its aid money to Africa, particularly its emergency trust fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa, as a policy tool to lower migration to Europe.
“Since July 2017,” a report released last week states, “nearly €90 million [£75.6m] has been released through the EUTF for Africa to train, equip and support the capacity of the Libyan coastguard to intercept migrants at sea and land borders …”
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Donald Trump scared of Bernie Sanders
This 2 January 2020 video from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the USA says about itself:
Something big is happening across the country. We’re going to finish the political revolution we started.
We’re going to win this election and transform the country, but we can’t do it alone. The way we win is person-to-person contact, knocking on doors and making the case for people to get out to vote. Are you in?
Host or attend an event: here.
‘Definition of a rigged system’: Sanders campaign hits back after DNC changes debate rules for billionaire latecomer Mike Bloomberg: here.
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Anger about Donald Trump banning Africans
This 1 February 2020 video from the Usa is called Trumps travel ban on Nigeria is an insult to Africa.
Translated from Dutch NOS radio today:
Eritrea has responded with dismay to the US government’s decision not to admit Eritrean immigrants. Residents of five other countries are also no longer allowed to settle in the US. …
The US government announced on Friday that residents of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania are no longer allowed to emigrate to the US. According to President Trump, these countries do not meet US security requirements and information sharing rules. …
Eritrea is “bewildered by this hostile move”, which “sends a negative signal for no good reason” that is at odds with US policy of constructive engagement. There are also angry reactions in Nigeria …
The entry ban that Trump announced in 2017 for residents of Yemen, Syria, Iran, Libya and Somalia, countries with a Muslim majority, led to great anger. Visa restrictions also apply to North Korea and Venezuela.
TRUMP’S MUSLIM BAN BECOMES EVEN MORE RACIST Last week, Trump announced the expansion of his controversial travel ban, adding several more countries to the original 2017 list. Democrats and immigration advocates condemned the expanded policy, noting that the new order not only doubles down on targeting Muslims ― but it now explicitly targets Africans and Black African Muslims. [HuffPost]
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Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano interviewed
This 27 April 2018 video, in German with English subtitles, shows an interview with Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano.
From the World Socialist Web Site in Germany:
An interview with Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano
By the editorial board
27 January 2020
Seventy-five years ago, on 27 January 1945, the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The name has become synonymous with the greatest crimes against humanity in history. In the gas chambers and crematoriums of Auschwitz alone, the Nazis murdered some 1.5 million people between 1940 and 1945.
One of the few people to survive this living hell is the 95-year-old Esther Bejarano. Born on 15 December 1924 as the daughter of the [synagogue] musician and teacher Rudolf Loewy, she grew up in the Saarland. The family moved to Ulm in southern Germany in 1936. A planned emigration to Palestine in 1941 failed following the outbreak of war. The Nazis murdered her parents in modern-day Lithuania in 1941, and her sisters in Auschwitz in 1942. Esther was deported to Auschwitz in April 1943, where she survived the death camp as a member of the girls’ orchestra.
Despite her old age, Esther Bejarano remains very active. She talks about her experiences at meetings and in schools, performs with her band “Microphone Mafia” as a singer, and engages in the struggle against the rise of the far-right and in defence of refugees. She also opposes the right-wing policy of the government of Israel, where she lived between 1945 and 1960.
On 10 February 2018, the WSWS interviewed Esther Bejarano in Hamburg and recorded one of her public appearances. Sven Wurm, spokesman for the IYSSE in Germany, spoke with her extensively about her experiences and their significance for our contemporary period. The one-hour video resulting from this discussion is now available with English subtitles to make it accessible to an international audience.
Germany: Humboldt University students speak on the falsification of history and lessons from Auschwitz: here.
River, grasshopper, Savi’s warblers sing in Belarus
This video about spring in Belarus says about itself:
River, Grasshopper and Savi’s Warblers are grass warblers – birds belonging to the genus Locustella. These little birds have unusual and very loud songs.
Trump drops most bombs ever on Afghanistan
This 1 February 2020 video from the USA says about itself:
US Dropped Record 7,423 Bombs On Afghanistan In 2019
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