On the occasion of the first anniversary of the shootings at swimming migrants in front of the spanish enclave Ceuta in Marocco the network Afrique-Europe-Interact is participating in commemoration actions in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Marokko.

PROGRAM BERLIN (further information can be found on the website of the CISPM in Berlin

February 5:

• Arrival of delegations from 9 EU countries and Tunisia.
• Video screening
• Information and discussion about the proposed agenda of the meeting.

February 6:

• 10am Press Conference
• 11am Demonstration STOP THE EU WAR ON MIGRANTION from the Spanish Embassy to the Maroccan Embassy, to the Bundesrat, finishing at the Auswärtiges Amt (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
• 7pm Event / Discussion. With friends of those murdered during the massacre. Presentation of images and videos of our brothers, followed by an open discussion.

February 7:

• 10am – 2pm / 4pm – 6pm Workshops: EU war diplomacy (International agreements: Dublin 3, bilateral agreements relating to deportation, the militarization of the border, the humanitarian rhetoric of the EU, ‘Sea rescue operations’, visa policy, and legal action against the EU); Internal strategies of persecution (the different immigration laws in the EU, structural discrimination for the exploitation of illegalized migrants’ labor, institutional strategies for deprivation of rights: the Duldung in Germany, homelessness in Italy. Lampedusa in Hamburg, Lampedusa in Berlin); Transnational actions and campaigns (Caravan of Sans-Papiers and Migrants 2015 Bamako – Tunis).
• 7pm African music and culture.

8th February:

• 10am General Assembly of the CISPM
• Discussion about new meetings and shared campaigns.
• 3pm Departure of the delegations.

PROGRAM DÜSSELDORF:

6th of february: 11 a.m.: gathering at the Burgplatz in Düsseldorf; than demonstration to the consulates of Marokko and Spain; 4 p.m.: reports from survivors and other migrants involved in the shootings at the 6th of february 2014 (STAY ! big hall Hüttenstraße 150)

PROGRAM TANGER and CEUTA (Marocco)

06th of february in Tanger: 10 a.m.: Demonstration to the spanish consulate; 3 p.m.: press conference with photo exhibition on police brutality; 6 p.m.: church service in commemoration of the victions of Ceuta

07th of february in Ceuta: demonstration of spanish activists in Ceuta to the beach and the border fence, than crossing the border to Marocco and meeting the demonstrators from Marocco