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With this conference, we are aiming to organise against the Bezahlkarte in Berlin and Brandenburg. We would like to invite activists, organisations, affected people, groups and individuals to come together and get involved in the fight against the dehumanizing and discriminating Bezahlkarte. To have a collective impact, we will form three working groups following a legal, a social and a political approach. Our common goal is to abolish the Bezahlkarte.

From 8th November 2024 until 8th March 2025, you can use special discount codes on our website to order the book at reduced or no cost (postage costs remain the same). Use the code #FIFTYFIFTY to get 50% off or #NOTFORPROFIT to get 100% off the price. If you choose #NOTFORPROFIT, we trust that after reading, you'll share the book with a library, community space, or another setting where it can reach even more people.

Miss Read Berlin/ILGA Europe Conference/Pan-African Feminism in Conversation

Following Ursula von der Leyen’s recent endorsement of offshore detention centres, and other EU leaders announcing various rollbacks on asylum and refugee rights, migrant-led organisations write to EU institutions to demand alternatives to the EU’s deadly border regime. 

Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice, Greek Forum of Migrants and International Women* Space are building a Migrant Justice Community of Practice: a coalition of migrant-led organisations working to shift European migration approaches away from punishment, violence and control toward community, care and social provision.

In recent weeks, EU leaders have declared war on migrants and international law. From illegal proposals to suspend the right to asylum and adopt offshore migrant processing models, the creation of EU ‘safe’ third-country lists, to our consistent reality of prison-like detention centres, state violence and racial profiling, illegal pushbacks and violent and unlawful deportations, European leaders have reached a point of no return. With this letter, we call on leaders to change course and present a meaningful alternative to current EU migration policy, which is illegal, immoral, and unworkable.

We stand unapologetically in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We honor the Palestinian women*, who, in the face of immense pain, death, and oppression, sustain families and communities.

Our feminism is anti-colonial and anti-racist at its core, meaning a radical transformation of society. We reject capitalist greed, colonial violence and patriarchal exploitation, which lead us only to death and destruction. Instead, we choose solidarity, sustainability and freedom. We choose life.

Ubuntu Soup Kitchen/BIPOC Climate Justice Summit/Fachtagung: Besondere Schutzbedürftigkeit und Aufnahmegarantien

Black Connected Struggles / Demonstration for the Friedensstatue / Resilient Voices Poetry Slam /
Lager Visit to Doki

The introduction of the Bezahlkarte for refugees is taking us back then to the old system of Vouchers we once fought to be abolished.

We want to identify where the Bezahlkarte is already in use and where it will be soon. We want to know what information is being shared about it and what questions people have.

We have created a short survey for anyone living in Heims / Shelters in Berlin or Brandenburg.

There are only a few questions and it will take just take a few minutes to answer.