European call for dignity
:
Every day,
African migrants die at European
borders: they have had the audacy to believe that they could live there in
peace and in dignity. In Ceuta, in
Melilla, the situation reached
an
intolerable threshold: a wall of barbed wires is drawn between the European
Union and Africa and security guards do not hesitate to shoot, even if it means to
kill, so as to avoid that this wall be crossed. Even in Morocco, a real hunting
has been organized. Children, women, men, thirsty and famished, are tracked and
leaved alone in the desert.
Can we
tolerate that the European Union denies its moral duty to hear, at least, the
request for those which come to seek asylum? How can such a treatment be
possible ? In the name of the
migratory flows' regulation, how could the European policy lead Spain to
close its borders by setting up a wall as if it were besieged by a frightening
enemy?
How does
the European Union dare discharge its responsibilities on third countries, in
this case Morocco and let it send the migrants without reacting?
As they try
to enter in the territory of the European Union, they crossed by foot hundreds of kilometres, putting at risk
their only good, their life. Can we accept that those who flee poverty,
political wars and conflicts are answered to with repression, and even death,
as they try, in a ultimate collective action, to cross a wall of barbed wires
which is drawn up between them and freedom ?
This
situation, as absurd as it is inhuman, giving such an vision of Europe and that
televisions show daily, must cease.
Today, we
call solemnly :
…
The
Spanish government, the members States governments and the European Commission
to end with these massive and repeated
violations of Human rights. They are the direct consequence of a migratory
policy focused on the closing and externalisation, leading only to a dead end
and violence ;
…
The
Moroccan government
To
cease such inhuman treatments which lead to death those who simply pass on its
territory with the aim to find, in Europe, the resolution of their poverty,
…
The
European Union
To set, right now, a real immigration and
asylum policy, respectful of the human rights, dignity and integrity of each human being.
Migrants, such as every person, have the right
to be considered in the respect of the international conventions: human rights
can not be discarded and concern everyone.
First signatures :
|
ALONSO |
JosÈ |
President of the AndalucÌa Association for Human Rights in Melilla |
|
ATALLAH |
Marie-ThÈrËse |
Advisor and assistant mayor (14e arr., Paris) (France) |
|
AUBERT |
Marie-HÈlËne |
MEP Green Party (France) |
|
BARGE |
Pierre |
General Secretary of the European Association for Human Rights (AEDH) |
|
BELET |
Ivo |
MEP PPE-DE (Belgium, Netherlands community) |
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BENNAHMIAS |
Jean Luc |
MEP Green Party/EFA (France) |
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BENZINHO SANTOS |
Joana |
Assistant of MEP MADEIRA |
|
BERGER |
Maria |
MEP PSE (Ostria) |
|
BERMAN |
Thijs |
MEP PSE (Netherlands) |
|
BILLARD |
Martine |
Deputy of Paris, Green Party (France) |
|
BLANDIN |
Marie-Christine |
Senator of the North (France) |
|
BONO |
Guy |
MEP PSE (France) |
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BOUMEDIENE THIERY |
Alima |
Senator Green Party (France) |
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BOURZAI |
Bernadette |
MEP PSE (France) |
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BOUTAULT |
Jacques |
Mayor ( 2e arr., Paris) Green Party (France) |
|
CAPOULAS |
Santos |
MEP PSE/PT (Portugal) |
|
CASACA |
Paulo |
MEP PSE (Portugal) |
|
COHN BENDIT |
Daniel Marc |
MEP, Green Party/EFA (Allemagne) |
|
DE BRUN |
Bairbre |
MEP GUE/NGL (United Kingdom -Ireland) |
|
DUBARRY |
VÈronique |
Adivsor in Paris (10e arr.) Green Party (France) |
|
DUBOIS, |
Jean Pierre |
President of the French League fort Human Rights (LDH France) |
|
FLAUTRE |
HÈlËne |
MEP Green Party/EFA (France) |
|
GLEIZES |
JÈrÙme |
Municipal Advisor, Green Party (France) |
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HAMMERSTEIN MINTZ |
David |
MEP Green Party/EFA (Spain) |
|
HAZAN |
Adeline |
MEP PSE (France) |
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HESSEL |
StÈphane |
Ambassador of France (France) |
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JENDOUBI |
Kamel |
President of the Euromediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) |
|
JOSE TELLEZ |
Juan |
Journalist and author (Spain) |
|
KABA |
Sidiki |
President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) |
|
KALLENBACH |
Gisela |
MEP Green Party/EFA (Germany) |
|
LAHMER |
Annie |
Municipal advisor, Green Party (France) |
|
LALUMIERE |
Catherine |
President
of the Maison de l'Europe of
Paris (France) |
|
LANGENDRIES |
Raymond |
MEP PPE-DE, Minister of State (Belgium, French community) |
|
LARA |
RaphaÎl |
|
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LAVAZZI |
JosÈ |
Assistant of MEP POIGNANT |
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LECLERC |
Henri |
Honorous
President of the French League fort Human Rights (LDH France) |
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MADEIRA |
Jamila |
MEP PSE (Portugal) |
|
MAMERE, |
NoÎl |
Deputy of Gironde Green Party (France) |
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ONESTA |
GÈrard |
Vice-President of the European Parliament, Green Party (France) |
|
OZDEMIR |
Cem |
MEP Green Party Verts/EFA (Allemagne) |
|
PALAZON |
JosÈ |
President of Prodein Melilla |
|
PATRIE |
BÈatrice |
MEP PSE (France) |
|
PFLÐGER |
Tobias |
MEP GUE/NGL (Germany) |
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PIZARRO PEREIRA |
NoÈmia |
Assistant of MEP ESTEVES (Portugal) |
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POIGNANT |
Bernard |
MEP PSE (France) |
|
PONA FRANCISCO |
Garido |
Deputy Green Party (Spain) |
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RENSON, |
Marie-Pierre |
Assistant of MEP POIGNANT |
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ROBERT |
Jean Luc |
MEP Green Party (France) |
|
ROMEVA i RUEDA |
Raul |
MEP Green Party/EFA (Spain) |
|
ROURE |
Martine |
MEP
PSE (France) |
|
RUHLE |
Heide |
MEP Green Party (Germany) |
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SCHMIDT |
Frithjof |
MEP Green Party/ALE (Germany) |
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SERNE |
Pierre |
Municipal advisor in Vincennes (France) |
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TEULE |
Catherine |
|
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TUBIANA |
Michel |
Honorous President of the French League fort Human Rights (LDH France) |
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VALKENBORGS |
Ellen |
Assistant of MEP BELET |
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VAN RAEMDONCK |
Dan |
President of the European Association for Human Rights (AEDH) and President of the Human Rights League (Belgium, French community) |
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VAUGRENARD |
Yannick |
DÈputÈ europÈen, PSE (France) |
|
VOYNET |
Dominique |
Senator Seine Saint Denis, Green Party (France) |
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WATSON |
Graham |
DÈputÈ europÈen, ALDE (Royaume Uni) |
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WEIXLER |
Helmut |
Head of the Press Office for the Green Party at the European Parliament |
|
WURTZ |
Francis |
DÈputÈ europÈen, GUE/NGL (France) |
|
ZIMMER |
Gabriele |
MEP GUE/NGL (Germany) |
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