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On February, 24, 2022, the Russian army attacked Ukraine forcing millions of people to flee their homes seeking safety and protection within Ukraine itself or to neighboring countries. Faced with such an emergency, European countries decided quickly and without much bureaucracy that Ukrainian refugees would receive temporary protection for up to three years without having to apply for asylum, with rights to a residence permit and access to education, housing and the labor market. However, not all people fleeing Ukraine could access such freedom of movement or protection. Black and brown refugees were met with a different kind of welcome at the borders and beyond them.
To talk about this situation Jennifer Kamau speaks with Nora Brezger from the Flüchtlingsrat Berlin and Dalís Pacheco Salcedo, from the Universität der Künste Berlin.

The latest lager reports - audio reports on the situation with coronavirus and other topics from women living in refugee accommodation centres in and around Berlin - with transcription in English and translation into German.

We are collaborating with the Frieda Frauenzentrum (Women’s Center) in Friedrichshain: We offer a safe space for women of third country nationalities fleeing the war in Ukraine. A space for women to get advice, exchange experiences, meet and chill. We provide psychosocial counselling, help with paperwork, hot meals, a kitchen for those who want to cook their own food, play area for children and various social activities.

In Berlin kämpft ein Netzwerk von BPoC-Organistionen für die Gleichbehandlung von rassifizierten Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine

WATCH THE VIDEO. We are developing a series of workshops and initiatives as a way to make clear that we condemn any form of oppression, violence, discrimination or intimidation as we fight and defend our rights amidst rigid and oppressive asylum structures, processes and systems.

Together with many people from East, West and reunified Germany, the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum has been working for some time to tell the stories of the struggles against racism and anti­-Semitism. Together, new ways of collecting, processing and presenting are being sought

Since the beginning of the attack on Ukraine, IWS has been working to support Black women and Women of Color who are arriving from the Ukraine. Now, we have teamed up with EOTO, ISD and Migrationsrat to collaboratively support any BlPoC refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.

We need your help!
Can host BIPoC arriving from Ukraine – either short or long term?