Kompass-newsletter No. 134 - 05/2025
We'll Come United meeting in Berlin +++ Interview with medico: 10 years of the ‘Summer of Migration’ – solidarity among all those who were on the move +++ Echoes No. 17: Platform of Hope +++ 10 years after the largest shipwreck - 2nd call for the transnational chain of actions +++ borderline-europe/Maldusa: ‘Unwanted’ - extraterritorialisation of border procedures and tightening of deportation regulations in Italy +++ Alarm Phone: Left-to-die and Push Backs near Cyprus +++ Late acquittal for Moria defendants, thanks to Forensic Architecture +++ Pro Asyl on the situation of refugees in Greece +++ Outlook: 13-14 June in Berlin: Migration summit of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation; 5 to 10 August 2025 – Transborder Summer Camp III; September 2025: transnational chain of action
Dear friends,
Around 100 activists from around 20 cities gathered in Berlin last weekend for the germanwide We'll Come United conference. The main focus was the preparation of the one week-long caravan from 20 to 27 September 2025, which will travel from Thuringia to Saxony and Brandenburg, ending with a final parade in Berlin.
"Stop deportations. No camps, no detention. No cash cards. Ten years after the summer of migration – as part of the transnational chain of actions – we continue to fight for freedom of movement and equal rights for all. Fight racism and fascism. Solidarity will win!" The mood in Berlin was determined and powerful: we will stand up to racist dominance and counter it with our narrative of a solidary, open society of the many. Empowerment actions at several camps are planned and the resistance and the continuous structures against exclusion and deportation should be given an offensive visibility. The first buses have been booked, the mobilisation has begun – ‘Every ride counts’ is the slogan on https://www.welcome-united.org/.
As part of the conference, a first event on the Summer of Migration took place in the evening, featuring touching film clips from the March of Hope in September 2015 and short reports and impressions from this special time. The subsequent discussion focused on the question of whether and how these stories and collective memories can be conveyed in the current struggles, what can be learned from them and how they can gain significance for today. The evening was a multifaceted, thoughtful and hopeful expereince to the proposal to organise similar events in as many cities as possible in the coming months – and thus to mobilise support for the caravan through eastern Germany and the parade in Berlin.
With this in mind, solidarity greetings from the Kompass crew