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>> Original article at Cities of Migration <<

>> Original article at Cities of Migration <<

>> Original article at Cities of Migration <<

Following the EU eastward expansion, countries like Bulgaria and Romania are progressively cracking down on those that try to cross their borders and rampantly working against freedom of movement. The Bulgarian government’s current target date for joining the Schengen agreement is 2012. The border control between Bulgaria and Turkey is cited as the biggest problem Bulgaria is faced with in order for the country to join Schengen.

On Friday March 18, a military patrol discovered the dead bodies of 3 immigrants in the area Petalo of river Evros. The dead immigrants were men, between 25 and 30 years old.

The struggle is complete. With the documents in hand and our heads up high, we return to our homes and our work vindicated, after 44 days on hunger strike. The struggle continues. The announcements for an 8-year limit and the increase of work credit as prerequisites for the issuing and renewal of residence permits must become law immediately. The struggle is the only option.

On January 25th, 2011 three-hundred migrants in Athens and Thessaloniki commenced a fierce hunger strike, claiming the most basic things: equal rights with the local workers and the legalization of all migrants living, working and moving across the country.

From this morning press conference in Thessaloniki: Ι am Ghani, Ι represent the 50 hunger strikers here in Thessaloniki.   I will read out to you a chronicle of psychological war against the hunger strikers.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 DAY 43 of the hunger strike   The 50 migrants on the 7th floor of the Labor Centre have been on a hunger strike for 43 days now. At the moment, all strikers are experiencing the consequences of extreme fasting: They feel dizzy when walking and have difficulty standing up, while 17 of them are being hospitalized at different hospitals in Thessaloniki.

March 8, 2011 Greek government spreads rumors that all hunger strikers will be deported if they do not accept the offered 6-months “tolerance status”. We remind that yesterday the government demanded all hunger strikers to be transferred to hospitals and to abandon the site of their struggle. On Tuesday morning, 2 women who were escorting hunger strikers at an Athens hospital were arrested, accused of preventing the strikers from eating.