Why is the campaign necessary?
Throughout the world, refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants are being treated in cruel and illegal ways. Some European states are systematically violating the rights of people attempting to escape from persecution, armed conflict, disasters, and deprivation.
At Europe’s borders, such people are confronted with the constant threat of destitution, detention, exploitation, physical violence and disregard of their fundamental rights. In the worst cases, their lives have been lost, both at sea and on land. Such abuses must stop, and people on the move must be treated in a decent, humane and civilized manner.
Stop the Inhumanity at Europe’s Borders: a Collective Demand
The collective campaign: Stop the Inhumanity at Europe’s Borders aims to create a civil society mobilisation to maximise its political impact. It brings together experienced and expert organisations in the fields of humanitarian response, asylum, and migrant rights in order to pressure European governments and relevant European institutions to profoundly reform the current border regime and practices, and to stop the appalling inhumanities being experienced by people on the move.
This Collective Demand calls for:
- Stop Pushbacks
- End ‘deterrence by death’
- Humane Borders
- Justice and Compensation
- Safe Routes
- No Externalization
- Reform Frontex
Groupe URD is part of the current 75 signatories to the campaign. New signatories are welcome as the campaign develops. Please address any enquiries to contact@against-inhumanity.org.
The collective campaign “Stop the Inhumanity at Europe’s Borders” has been initiated by United Against Inhumanity (UAI), a growing global movement of individuals and groups outraged by the atrocities of war.
Documents will be sent to European Heads of Government and Relevant European Institutions during the campaign launch week starting on the 29th of January 2024.
A Collective Campaign Launch Event is organised Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (GMT). This is a free event, and you are welcome to join in person and online.