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Thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin-Schöneberg on Sunday for the evacuation of refugee camps on the Greek islands. The Seebrücke alliance, made up of Pro Asyl and other groups, had called the demonstration and demanded that the federal government no longer block the will of the federal states and municipalities to accept refugees from the burned-out Moria camp.
According to the Berlin police, the number of 3000 registered participants was exceeded in the demonstration under the motto “We have space”. Police tentatively spoke of various participants in the “mid-four-digit range.” Organizers, however, want to have counted 11,000 people, they said.
People gathered in the afternoon at Wittenbergplatz and An der Urania, then the demonstration left in the direction of Großer Stern in Mitte. On posters you could read slogans like “We have space!” And “Seehofer, be a Christian.” A girl raised the demand “Let people in”.
Almost all participants wore masks, and after initial observations, the rules of distance were largely observed. After the demo train began moving nearly two hours after the start of the event, the police warned the participants through a loudspeaker to observe the distance rules, especially at the head of the train. It was too narrow here, especially when the demo started.
Young people, in particular, took to the streets, but also families with children. At the same time, demonstrations against European migration policy are taking place in many other cities in Germany and Europe.
In a speech, the left-wing politician from Neukölln, Ferat Ali Kocak, addressed the Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) directly: “Horst, finally shut up.” Kocak received huge applause for this. At the same time, it criticizes “EU decisions driven by racism”.
The Berlin Green Party politician, Canan Bayram, was leading the demonstration. He was pleased to see a particularly high number of young people on the street and criticized the blockade by the Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU).
Alan Kurdi’s aunt appeals to the EU
The aunt of the drowned refugee boy Alan Kurdi, whose body on the beach five years ago became a symbol of the failure of European refugee policy, called on the EU in her speech to implement a more humane refugee policy.
On World Children’s Day, Pro Asyl drew particular attention to the misery of children and young people in Greek camps. The human rights organization also called for “an immediate end to the Greek government’s rejecting illegal practices.” Greece commits a permanent violation of the law and ignores elementary rights.
The managing director, Günter Burkhardt, accused the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, of failing in her role as guardian of the European treaties. Thousands of people seeking protection are officially denied a dignified reception and access to the right to asylum.
Greece is accused of towing boats with migrants from Greek waters coming from Turkey back to Turkey. In some cases, the engines of the boats are said to have been destroyed and the lives of migrants were put in danger. (with dpa)
