People seeking protection are not only stopped, pushed back or worn down in camps at Europe’s external borders. Increasingly, they are also being brought to court and imprisoned for helping others during their flight. Their crime: they distributed water, translated, took the wheel, called for help via satellite phone. The sentence: often several years in prison, sometimes even life imprisonment.
We inform and discuss the human rights and political dimensions of current developments.
Actress Bettina Franke reads from ‘Mein Weg über die Pyrenäen’ (My Way Across the Pyrenees) by Lisa Fittko, who was active as an escape helper during the Nazi dictatorship.
Whether something is celebrated as escape assistance or discredited as human trafficking has always depended on the historical and political context. – Informing and discussing the human rights and political dimensions of current developments:
- Natasha Dailiani: Lawyers, Legal Centre Lesvos
- Julia Winkler: Political scientist and Islamic scholar, de:criminalize e.V.
- Dr. Kerem Schamberger: Migration and Refugee Advisor, Medico International e.V.
An event organised by the ‘Sicherer Hafen Mannheim’ alliance in cooperation with Medico International e.V., de:criminalize e.V. and the Mannheim Evening Academy, supported by the City of Mannheim’s Refugee Fund.