Coordination for the Refugees and the Migrants of Trade-unions,
student associations and collectivities
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Fellow workers from Turkey,
The people of our countries live along with
the refugees and migrants their drama who, seeking to escape the wars, are
snatched from their countries and face the hardships, exploitation and death
itself.
The governments of the EU countries, of
Greece and of Turkey, do not allow the unconditional entry and exiting of
refugees through the borders, forcing them towards the circuits of traffickers
and the dangerous sea routes, so as to reach Europe. They do not apply the
international treaties for the protection of the refugees and they do not
provide them the structures and means for free transportation, residence,
feeding, health care. They raise fences, like the one in Evros, and seek to
stop the refugees who try to find a way to survive. At the same time, they are
responsible for the military interventions in belligerent countries, military
operations, the promotion of civil conflicts and religious competitions, in
order for the economic oligarchy to exploit the natural and productive
resources of wealth of these areas.
We strongly think that there is an urgent
need for the class labor movement, in coordination with the youth and popular
movement, to protest its solidarity to the refugees against the imperialist
wars. We, the labor unions, the student
associations and collectivities in common, organize protests in January 23 and
24, with diverse mobilizations in Greece.
We would like to suggest, as an expression
of international solidarity and common action of all workers of our countries
from both sides of the borders, the following symbolic actions:
- On Saturday 23 January, at 18.00, for a delegation of yours to attend and speak in the manifestation and discussion of solidarity to refugees, which will take place in Alexandroupoli.
- On Sunday 24 January, for you to participate in a common press conference by the labor trade-unions, in Turkey.
We must all fight in common against:
- the imperialist wars, the military operations and bombings by the USA-NATO-EU forces, and the participation of our countries in these operations.
- the heartless counter-immigrant policies of the European Union, of the Greek and the Turkish governments.
We must all demand:
- For the crime in the Aegean Sea to end. Safe, secure and free access through the land and sea borders, for the refugees of the war, the oppression and poverty.
- For the fence in Evros to fall. No fences in Europe.
- Against the criminalization of migration. Legitimation and full rights for the economic and political refugees. Against deportations.
- Against the militarization of the borders. For the murderous operations of prevention and redirection by FRONTEX and the Greek border guards to stop.
- Against the assignment of restraining of refugees to Erdogan regime.
- Proper public buildings and structures for decent housing, health care, feeding for the economic and political refugees. Funding and recruitments for the structures and services of social support, and not for detention centers and repression.
With
honor for your struggle